Triop World Nick Baker Instructions - Interplay

Firstly get some clean rain or bottled waterand let it get to the same temperature asthat in your Triop Tank, then carefully pouraway half the water in their tank - be verycareful not to tip away any Triops whenyou do this. Then top up your Triop Tankwith the clean water, you can repeat thisanytime the water gets too murky.A New GenerationSadly Triops live fast and die youngand after a period of between 3 and6 weeks they will finally cease theirenergetic antics and will twitch theirfinal leg and die.They seem to simply slow down, like aclock-work toy that needs rewinding. Thisis exactly what would happen in the wild,usually the pool will dry up and they with it.But in their short period of life they will haveleft the next generation in the form of tinyalmost invisible eggs that are less than0.4 mm across.Designed forchildren byNature ExpertsW O R L DNo matter if you only had one Triop in the fi rstplace they can often produce eggs without evermeeting and mating with another! This is a bitof magic called parthenogenesis and is anothertrick the Triops use to survive in such harshplaces.To get a new generation, do not empty thetank, but let the water dry up completely overa period of two or three weeks or more, untilall that is left is scum, dirt and dry sand in thebottom. Gently free it up by scraping it loosewith your spoon and then tipping this into asmall container. Then wash and wipe your tankand you are now ready to start again! Simplyadd the detritus back in the tank and addwater, with any luck you should get a secondgeneration hatch.117957 Triop World Instructions.indd 12 19/11/2012 10:17