carla Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Are triops available in NZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 My cousins in the UK have got some! But I've never seen them here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 i had them when i was younger living over sea, they sell them as eggs and u can watch them grow kind of sea monkey/BS for kids. i recall they have a ridiculous short life span like 90days or something so unless someone is breeding them i doubt we have any in NZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I guess the eggs could be sent through the post then... although its unlikely they are on the import list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 New organism I guess - Erma and all that.... Would have liked to have some as they apparently grow up to 8cm big!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I found some live only for 50 days one comes from australia a nice metal green one havnt figured out how to get a pic on :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenbok Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Triops do sound cool. Here's a page that lists an incident where a school imported some triops eggs: http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/no/compliance ... s0405.html I asked Andrew Broome if he knew anything about them, and apparently there is a native relative: "I've seen them in the US and always wanted to have a go at them. There is a native version, Lepidurus apus viridis. I used to see the occasional one in ponds out at Longburn when I was a kid. They were never common though, even then and are probably even rarer now since many of the small, seasonal, farm ponds have been filled in..." Might be worth trying to locate some and have a go at breeding them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenbok Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Here's a fantastic article from 1916 in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand about some experiences with Lepidurus viridis: http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_ ... 05150.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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