Baby Triops! THEY'RE SO TINY!

How cute are my baby Triops?! They just hatched and are about 1mm or so in length... I had to zoom in a LOT to capture them on camera!

[@starlingbaez6681]

Awww! They are so tiny! I nearly cried while watching this video

[@Terr0rByte1]

I love Triops so much ^_^

[@starlingbaez6681]

@@Terr0rByte1 me too. Are the adorable babies still alive?

[@Terr0rByte1]

@@starlingbaez6681 They only live two months I'm afraid!

[@waffleauflauf4213]

Aww, mine are looking like that, too 💚 They look very similar to my baby sea monkeys

[@Terr0rByte1]

Aww nice!

[@Mamaslugglet]

Such adorable little souls!

[@Terr0rByte1]

huggles819 I know! Sadly some of them have been fighting and eating each other... I only have one left now but he's adorable and growing well :-P

[@caitlinthornborrow3941]

Aw so cute great video x

[@Terr0rByte1]

Caitlin Thornborrow Thank you! I've been breeding them for years and still end up squeeing over how tiny they are every time they hatch :-D

[@caitlinthornborrow3941]

Terr0rByte1 yeah they are so cool x

[@gemmaprince9346]

Aww sooo kawaii great video

[@Terr0rByte1]

Gemma Prince Thanks! I'll probably post another update when they get a little bigger... I love these li'l guys way too much!

[@flamingbridges1649]

well after trying for nearly 2 days I can finally see 1 little speck. and mine is in rain water

[@Terr0rByte1]

+Sarah Brodie Triops do take around 3 days to hatch generally, and many factors affect how many hatch and can survive the rocky ground of infancy! Rainwater shouldn't be too bad, as most of their natural habitat is freshwater from rain. What other elements do you have (in the tank, the tank itself, heat and light conditions, etc)? I'm a self-confessed Triops nerd and have been growing and breeding them for years, so I'd love to give advice to anyone new to them :-)

[@flamingbridges1649]

Terr0rByte1 temp is around 25c and I just use a 60watt bulb for the light. I have their container floating in my fish tank to keep the water warm

[@Terr0rByte1]

Well that temperature's relatively good. Make sure it doesn't go lower than that. I'd recommend not feeding them anything for the first three days or so, and when you do, only once a day with a very small amount of whatever you plan to feed them - they're so small, they can easily die from overfeeding. Also, after a week or so, it would be good to put some kind of substrate in the container - when they start shedding their exoskeletons, they need the ph level of the water to be just right, and if it isn't, they struggle to shed and can die entangled in them. Anything that's okay for freshwater fish should be fine. Hopefully this will help your Triops thrive :-)