New Guy here! First post!
I am familiar with keeping triops (Tadpole Shrimp), and I recently got a Blue Crayfish. I was just wondering if anyone knows whether it is safe for the cray to eat the triops? Assuming I only put one small (0.5 - 1 inch) triops in the tank at a time (I breed them in other tanks), and I remove the triops from the cray's tank when the cray is molting... anyone out there familiar enough with these two animals to know whether or not this is safe for the cray?
Triops are easy to breed, they have short lifespans (30-80 days), and they reproduce and grow quickly (plus they can reproduce asexually, and their eggs can be dried and stored for decades). They are also really cool, and I'd keep the largest ones as (short-lived) pets.
This way I know the food I'm feeding my cray is cheaper and healthier than petshop feeders. Plus, there's gotta be some good calcium in that triops shell.
What do you guys think?
Triops eating corn:
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Blue Crayfish (mine is probably just half this guy's size for now - possibly a different species):
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I am familiar with keeping triops (Tadpole Shrimp), and I recently got a Blue Crayfish. I was just wondering if anyone knows whether it is safe for the cray to eat the triops? Assuming I only put one small (0.5 - 1 inch) triops in the tank at a time (I breed them in other tanks), and I remove the triops from the cray's tank when the cray is molting... anyone out there familiar enough with these two animals to know whether or not this is safe for the cray?
Triops are easy to breed, they have short lifespans (30-80 days), and they reproduce and grow quickly (plus they can reproduce asexually, and their eggs can be dried and stored for decades). They are also really cool, and I'd keep the largest ones as (short-lived) pets.
This way I know the food I'm feeding my cray is cheaper and healthier than petshop feeders. Plus, there's gotta be some good calcium in that triops shell.
What do you guys think?
Triops eating corn:
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Blue Crayfish (mine is probably just half this guy's size for now - possibly a different species):
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