tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968803758390063569.post2344271679696954206..comments2011-07-26T16:14:58.240+01:00Bubbahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656029295196015176noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968803758390063569.post-77550583670844466512011-07-26T16:14:58.240+01:002011-07-26T16:14:58.240+01:00@Boromummy<br />Hi, yes the water must really be free from chemical, that&#39;s the most important factor with the temperature. I&#39;m about to try it again with sand that I kept from the first generation. Hopefully they layed eggs in it...or not, will see!Bubbahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656029295196015176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968803758390063569.post-42545390647392543122011-07-26T13:19:48.098+01:002011-07-26T13:19:48.098+01:00This made great reading thanks. Our Triop eggs were bought in a set for a child. It consisted of a flimsy plastic container with a smaller &quot;nursery&quot; section, a small bag of sand, a small bag of gravel and some food. My Son received this set as a Christmas gift more than 2 years ago and we waited until spring to start things off as suggested in the instructions and...... nothing! Luckily we&#39;d only used half the packet of eggs so had more left to try another day. So 2 years on and I was about to store our unused fish tank when I had a brainstorm. I put an empty bucket in the garden and waited for the heavens to open - and they did :) I used the rain water to fill the fish tank an left it on a window sill for a day to reach room temperature. Once I was happy the water was warm enough I poured in the sachet which contained some kind of debris, the eggs were in with the debris and after 24 hours there were obvious signs of life with little white dots flitting around. I have been feeding them 2 crushed fish food pellets per day an this seems to be too much as it doesn&#39;t all get eaten. We&#39;re now on day 4 and I can&#39;t believe how fast these things grow!! We seem to have successfully hatched at least ten Triops. The water is really dirty already and although it looks unsightly I&#39;ve read that it won&#39;t harm them so I can live with that. I was hoping to add the Triops to my Platy tank once they were fully grown but the tap water in there would be harmful to them so perhaps I&#39;ll just leave them as they are.Boromummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13961256190867336410noreply@blogger.com