Triops

[cloud9ja]

this is my kind of online shopping give me a credit card and 14 bucks i buy 2 packs of triops!!! i also bought my computer parts but these are more intresting

ok this is not tech related but its a new hobbie and has a very intresting website in my visit to new york i purchased 2 packs of triops their these cute little creatures that well amm are realy dinasuars
they live up to 20-90 days max swim upside down etc

anyways if u played pokemon they look like kabuto ill find pics for u (update: here u go )
http://www.ktf-split.hr/~eni/goran/pokemon/slike/140.jpg
basically triops are tiny shrimp like creatures from the dinasaur days soo cool


im gonna get u gues a pic

http://www.triops.com/images/CTdisplay_kit.jpg

http://www.triops.com/images/kitshot.jpg



ok i also bought an insect eating plant yes i know im sooo childish lol but computers arent my only life its the one with pretty red sticky stuff on it n when it catches stuff it pulls em in lol so cute their called body snatcher plants


funny thing is these are all sold in the kids isle of toy stores


for a website on triops its WWW.TRIOPS.COM

im going to be monitoring my triops growth n posting pics online 4 u all!!! right here in this post n u can tel me what u think of my new babies lol

i may also give em away to intrested people when they have young ones too

[Arch_Angel]

Triops. Never heard of them. What part of the world do they live in?

[cloud9ja]

arch angel i hate ur guts!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok ever been to the beach n see some little things wash to shore then they dig into the sand? these are smaller variations of them but with smaller tails

[Brownsugar]

WTF!!!


Man, such anger! A_A meh cyah stan yuh either enuh..:).....!!!!!!



Wah ah waste ah money, if yuh ask me!

[cloud9ja]

lol to be honest they serve me 1 reason

i wont get my pc parts for a long time so ill have to preoccupy myself

these will do nicely

[Arch_Angel]

arch angel i hate ur guts!!!!!!!!!!!!Is what my guts do you now boss? Just leave my intestines outta dis! :eusa_hand


ok ever been to the beach n see some little things wash to shore then they dig into the sand? these are smaller variations of them but with smaller tailsZeen. So post some pictures of these creatures let wi see dem. What do they eat anyway? :eusa_thin


A_A meh cyah stan yuh either enuh..:).....!!!!!!Awww. Love you too Sugar. :D :p

[cloud9ja]

Zeen. So post some pictures of these creatures let wi see dem. What do they eat anyway? :eusa_thin

boy AA i have to live with u but it dotn mean i have to like u but i bet people wanna see pics so here is the site

http://mytriops.com/articles/triops_intro.stm

http://mytriops.com/articles/images/TL.jpg
http://mytriops.com/articles/images/TC.jpg

[tiffany]

..............but why?

[Brownsugar]

So wait yuh will spend money to be entertain by bugs? I know NY nah dat clean..man tek yuh arse tuh di subway and feed di rats eh!:rolleyes:

dat free!

[tiffany]

lol....yea......
I'm perturbed by this notion......

[Brownsugar]

Awww. Love you too Sugar. :D :p


Is tru nuh









:eusa_liar

Too much pms man? Bout yuh nuh like dis and yuh changin dat!:confused: :eusa_naug

[Arch_Angel]

Too much pms man? Bout yuh nuh like dis and yuh changin dat!:confused: :eusa_naug:p

You guys leave cloud9 nuh? These creatures are just like fishes to him. I don't see no problem in buying these creatures as pets to take care of them. Seems like a cool hobby.

Definitely not something you would normally see when you walk into someone's house, but the said the same thing about snakes and deadly spiders. Yet people have them as pets.

[Brownsugar]

lol....yea......
I'm perturbed by this notion......



:dwl: :dwl: :dwl:




:icon_mrgr

[cloud9ja]

LOL ahh boy the dam rats dont eat mosquito larvie
and boy they dont look 2 clean mite even try to bite me


lol these do eat stuff wormz , plus they're dinasaurs technically lol

and come on who else in jamaica have pets like these?
im gonna get a tank n raise em wid fish and snails

[root_gal]

Carry back one of those dinosaur bat shrimp man eating thingys, or whatever they are, for me you hear :D

[cloud9ja]

actually ive somehow started adopting unborn ones to frends!!! ive showed them online and tehy love them n insist i breed them n share!!! go figure lol
all r girls 2 and 2 guys

gues girls like pet shrimps

[Brownsugar]

Carry back one of those dinosaur bat shrimp man eating thingys, or whatever they are, for me you hear :D

jus one ah say it still nah too late to ask for ah refund oui!

Dinosaurs my arse oui!
That sells man issa friggin GENIUS! Was it X yuh buy it from?
Salesman..."one offa kind enuh"..."yuh di only one in JA had dem"
...hmmmm I wonder why boi?!

[cloud9ja]

well boy to be truly honest i dint realy pay for them so icant return stolen goods...... the online thing wasnt exactly true saw em in a store an amm their was a 5 finger discount...................

[Brownsugar]

well boy to be truly honest i dint realy pay for them so icant return stolen goods...... the online thing wasnt exactly true saw em in a store an amm their was a 5 finger discount...................



:eusa_booh Deport dem...

man dat nah nice! Stealin isnt cool dude!

Take care it look all cute and fuzzy and den tun like..........


http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k25/tikila_6/images.jpg

[root_gal]

LMAO @ that pic. . . . . . cloud9, u never tief one for me too?

[Brownsugar]

Root_gal yuh serious eh?

[root_gal]

Root_gal yuh serious eh?


Yup, hella serious, what's better than free things? :icon_lol:

[cloud9ja]

more FREE things!!!

[cloud9ja]

http://mytriops.com/gallery/albums.php?set_albumListPage=1
http://mytriops.com/albums/Dominik_T/Dominik_Tomaszewski_5a.highlight.jpg

[cloud9ja]

Mosquito Control

One of the general movements since the 1970s is the attempt to move away from chemical control of pests where possible. Mosquitos are a leading vector of spreading disease in human society and their control is of paramount interest. In areas where there is permanently standing water it is possible to introduce species of fish which preferentially prey upon mosquito larvae to control mosquito populations. These programs have had some considerable successes. Some of the limitations for this model of solution are in flood irrigation farms or in catch basins for flood runoff. These waters are inherently temporary and you cannot control the mosquito populations with fish, enter the possibility of using triops as a biological vector of mosquito control.

Triops are attractive for this role because their life cycle exploits the same environments the mosquitos are using for breeding. The triops hatch as soon as the waters come and remain for up to two months. Afterwards, they naturally renew their stock for the next flooding. In controlled laboratory experiments, triops were able to reduce the number of mosquito larvae present by 95%. Further, they reduced the number of eggs layed in the first place by disturbing female mosquitos trying to oviposit. Their attractiveness is increased in that it is extremely easy to establish populations of triops in areas where the general climate is supportive.

In California where these experiments are taking place, they've found that after introduction by just a small amount of eggs the triops go onto establish renewable populations in well over 90% of the sites. It is so easy, in fact, to establish triops populations in these environments that they have had to determine pesticide regimens that can keep the triops out of pools without affecting mosquito larvae where they want to grow mosquitos for study. As an added bonus, there is no danger of the triops infesting permanent waters, and they're not disturbing native populations either because these are man-made irrigation ditches and water basins.

In spite of these promising factors, the debate is whether they are truly effective in a natural setting. The first problem is that although triops are very fast growing and hatch nearly simultaneously as the ditches and basins flood, there is still a delay between hatching until they reach a size sufficient to effectively eliminate any mosquito larvae. The concern is that in this interval, an entire generation of mosquitos may successfully grow and emerge.

In this scenario, although you eliminate subsequent generations in these waters, there is still a huge increase in adult mosquito numbers in the area. Secondarily, triops populations peak at about 3 weeks. If the waters remain longer, it is unknown precisely how efficacious the shrinking triops populations will be at controlling mosquito larvae. The most significant critique is related to the fact that triops are lazy when it comes to getting food. Although classified as a "cruising raptorial predator" (I love that), like many so-called predators, they would much rather get an easy meal than chase down something. Preliminary evidence suggests that when there is vegetation in the pool the triops are ineffective for controlling mosquito larvae because they spend their time eating the easier to catch vegetation. Since vegetation is not exactly a rarity in this world, more research needs to be done to evaluate their effectiveness in the natural environments they would be used in versus fiberglass basins at a research center.

[pogi_2nr]

dwl cloud, these are what the comic books call sea monkeys.

They also got featured on a episode of south park too.. cartman was just as excited as you are now.

[cloud9ja]

DWL haha

oh gues what they hatched today or this morning !!!!

i have a big fat 1 and several smaller ones their adorable!!!! thy swim around so weird but its cute

amm sea monkeys dont get bigger than 1 inch i think these get to 3 inches max and can be kept with fish
plus i get to feed em mosquito larvie
die u pesky bloodsuckers

[Arch_Angel]

So no pictures? You don't have a digital camera?

[cloud9ja]

no AA i dont have a digital camra is something wrong with not having a digital camra? well these lil critters are definately keeping me occupied i will how ever be giving them away i think or if im gonna charge for em id only chare for waht they've cost me 1 bottle of gerbers spring water 150 ja loads of ice to keep em cool cause they cant pass 29c and jamaica wont let water stay that cool for long lol thier growing nicely expessially the fat 1 i wish i could take pics its late so they got tehir first feeding which was odd cause it was like they didnt know what to do with the food soon after they munched away but im suposed to skip a day feeding now oh well at least their adorable look like microscopic shrimp

ohh amm how much would be fair for tehm cause when u get them u need at least a 2 liter container of water not normal tap water the clorine would kill them has to be spring water and thats about 200+ ja and u need a container i havent found any i like that r afordable im open to sudgestions but ive heard the big water bottles for the water machines work great plus they come with spring water just cut the top off it n u chris raise it in their if u bought ur own container ill give em away for 200 each that sounds fair but im keeping the fat 1 ill call him jason lol

ohh if u wanna know what the baby triops look like it kinda looks like this
baby triops (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.imagedump.com/pics/212749.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi%3Fpick%3Dget%26tp%3D212749&h=480&w=640&sz=50&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=DjpP_8owMJK4RM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbaby%2Btriops%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den% 26lr%3D%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN)

they are the lil white dots this isnt my triops just a random pic ok them i found for u

[cloud9ja]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHk1wK8zCJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAzQKRLB9LI

[root_gal]

All now me nuh get me triop. What's the deal cloud9, U lef me out?

[cloud9ja]

haha boy i had a slight problem that was solved very weirdly

first thing they always had an abundance of food (pelets)

but their was this big fat 1
i had 5 triops n 3 shrimps

they we geting soo cute

and then suddenlty when i woke up i notice it kept getting les n less i was soo pissed swore someone was stealing them till i had 1 shrimp n 3 triops

then 1 night i was watching them and the big fat 1 pretending to not be doing anything staying still waited till my las shrimp swam by and in the blink of an eye their her was gobbling up my poor baby shrimp!!!!!!!!! :( sob sniff

i later read they tend to like meat more than pelets so i started feeding them fish and i have yet to lose another triop kinda late tho :(

but its a good leson to be learned

root gyal if u realy want 1 i live by pricesmart pm me ill sned u mah cell number n u can come pick 1 up their extremely cute n playful

they love to swim up n fall down on their backs and wiggle their feet soo adorable im sure they can do flips all day if u were their to watch

after a while their weird appearnce grows on u and u realy cant help but think their sooo adorable always playing well now thier not eating each other thank god!!!!

[Brownsugar]

haha boy i had a slight problem that was solved very weirdly, blah blah blah......(see quote)






:eusa_thin :icon_eek:
Yuh didnt wah out like several hours bac?:confused:
Man wah A_A do yuh this time boi! He ha yuh kinda frig-up( :confused: ) enuh!
Glad yuh change yuh mind :)

[cloud9ja]

nahh didnt change my mind i still want out but they refuse to delet me accounts go figure