Triops for food?

[islander671]

I've never heard of these!!
Where have I been?!?!

I wanna try 'em out!
Where can I get them?

ive only seen them in walmart, but im sure they have them elsewhere. i think they were like 2 or 3 dollars for a box, and i think i got about 10 that hatched and grew.

 

[islander671]

Maybe as treats for variety.

yea maybe every now and again i may grow some as a treat, but not as a primary part of his diet. i read that in the wild crustaceans are part of the buttos diet so i gave it a shot.

 

[islander671]

takes up too much time and effort

i didnt find them to be too much trouble. i just didnt like crushing up there food for them when they were tiny. funny, at first i didnt think they hatched because they were so small.
i do think though that if i were to maintain them as a regular food source it would take alot of time and effort.

 

[rayman45]

The question that comes to my mind is.............WHY????

You spend so much time growing them, why feed them to your fish???

bingo!!

 

[KurseD]

did you take any pics of them? i wanna see what they look like full grown

 

[guppy]

They are sometimes called tadpole shrimp and are from temporary waters in desert areas. Like brine shrimp you get them as dried eggs. Some get to 3" and to me they look like a mix between a horseshoe crab and a trilobite.

 

[piranha45]

they're just brine shrimp from a practical point of view.