rip triops

[Bottomfeeder]

i just found my 2 remaining triops dead. they were true monsters, one just over an inch long and one just under.
i really cant say it was natural.
it was my own stupid fault.
why?
i overfed them.
i overestimated them.
their natural habitat consists of puddles, ditches, and stagnant pools.
so since they wont take flakes, i put a few mosquito larvae and brine shrimp in the .6g bowfront. and alot, because they scavenge as they swim along. i figured that having extra food around will be fine.
i was wrong, and i lost 2 monster shrimp...my last 2.

i feel like such an a-hole right now...
But i really liked them, and i want to preserve them somehow. my parents dont really want Shrimp in the freezer, so is there any household chemical i can preserve in?
thanks

 

[Circa4190]

Sorry for the loss, I just lost my blue Kenyi yesterday, he was one of the originals, made me sad

 

[Dan F]

i just found my 2 remaining triops dead. they were true monsters, one just over an inch long and one just under.
i really cant say it was natural.
it was my own stupid fault.
why?
i overfed them.
i overestimated them.
their natural habitat consists of puddles, ditches, and stagnant pools.
so since they wont take flakes, i put a few mosquito larvae and brine shrimp in the .6g bowfront. and alot, because they scavenge as they swim along. i figured that having extra food around will be fine.
i was wrong, and i lost 2 monster shrimp...my last 2.

i feel like such an a-hole right now...
But i really liked them, and i want to preserve them somehow. my parents dont really want Shrimp in the freezer, so is there any household chemical i can preserve in?
thanks

Isn't their life expectancy measured in weeks? It sounds like they may have just died of old age.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

3 mos, and they were half that.

 

[likestofish]

dont beat yoursel up when i was your age i went through guppies faster than that.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

apparently there were 3...i just found the 3rd one. i was hopeful...but that ones gone too

 

[Druu]

go to the dollar store and get a bottle of 70% isopropyl alcohol. This is sold as rubbing alcohol. That should do fine- glass jar.

 

[sterling_mcdaniel]

go to the dollar store and get a bottle of 70% isopropyl alcohol. This is sold as rubbing alcohol. That should do fine- glass jar.

that will do the trick.... we used to preserve scorpions the same way.

 

[Druu]

that will do the trick.... we used to preserve scorpions the same way.

We did similar with the alcoholic specimens at the AMNH. I think they went with a higher percentage ethanol alcohol, but I have a few personal specimens in 70% iso.

 

[Docsoldlady]

Sorry to hear that man, you seemed so happy with them too you can always get some more, they are pretty inexpensive. Hope the preservation goes well.