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Re: Taking it to the store

Thankyou thankyou thankyou!  :)  You've just proven I do sometimes know
what I'm talking about.  :)  The one living specimen I saw was put into a
little tank with aquarium gravel, so it wasn't too muddy and you could see
him/her pretty well.  Still an odd looking sort of beastie, but then
people also say that about me...   :(

Luke


On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Dwight Moody wrote:

> The Triops shrimp are actually tadpole shrimp, which are a native 
> species that is considered a pest in rice plantings, as they breed like 
> crazy, churn up the mud and uproot rice seedlings. They are detritivores 
> found in vernal pools also. They hatch, grow, breed, lay eggs,  and in 
> the wild, die when their pool dries up. There was an article about the 
> Triops in either AF or FAMA in which the author advised only using a 
> little of the dried mud the eggs are in as to use all of it creates too 
> much turbidity and the tadpole shrimp can't be observed and they are an 
> interesting critter - sort of a holdout from the age of the dinosaurs.  
> Apparently they are a good food for larger fish, such as sunnies or 
> cichlids.
> 
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> >Luke,
> >
> >	You ain't talkin bout "sea monkeys" are ya? Like brine shrimp? That
> >sales gimmick worked for years, and I guess it is still around. At 
> least
> >with NA fish, the fish looks like a fish, and you "gets what ya pay
> >fur".
> >
> >Herb
> >
> >
> >
> >mcclurg luke e wrote:
> >> 
> >> Ooh, you want to be careful.  Local wildlife and parks officials 
> might
> >> have a field day with this one.  Check you local laws first.   
> Otherwise,
> >> I think it's an excellenct idea myself.  I saw a display a couple of 
> weeks
> >> ago of these boxed sets containing those "triops" shrimps (I think) 
> that
> >> are found in the dessert.  You buy the setup and the eggs hatch and 
> you
> >> have strange looking shrimp in your tank.  If this can work, why 
> won't
> >> natives?  If the laws allow, give it a try...after all the worst that 
> can
> >> happen is it doesn't succeed.
> >> 
> >> Luke
> >
> 
> 
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