Creek or river water:

Our favourite is creek water or river water. We ourselves use creek water for our breeding. In creeks there are already animals such as fish, tadpoles, etc., as well as billions of microorganisms. The Triops nauplii need these bacteria in the water during their first 2 – 3 days, since they filter these from the water as initial feed. Thus, the chances of survival are very good. Of course, also here you cannot make generalisations because each stream is different and even stream water often runs through pipes at some points. Nevertheless, in our opinion, there is a great advantage in these natural waters which is that there are already animals living in it, through which in this water a biological balance has formed.

Whichever water you choose, it can be taken any blanket statement about whether it will work or not. Each Triops breeding is different. For some, distilled water works great, for others only creek water leads to the desired success. Often you have to start several attempts to single out individual sources of failure, following the trial and error principle.

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