March 06, 2007
On the way to geekiness... Part 1
Responsible parents that we are, we've decided to indoctrinate our daughter from a very young age into the art of geekiness. It usually is self taught I know, but why take a chance?
This is a kit we got from a British shop in Brussels. I think it's what people referred to as sea monkeys. Basically they are shrimps, but there are several sorts of them. We got a set that contained daphnia, fairy shrimps and triops. We obtained a few specimen of each except for the triop who is alone.
We take really good care of our little world. Armed with a thermometer, a lamp, some sand and shrimp food, we monitor their progress. The triop is my favourite because I find him to be the most spectacular (in my heart it's a he even though they are hermaphrodite). It grows so fast!
And it sheds its exoskeleton.
We started by pouring a soup spoon of dirt in water and the microscopic eggs hatched right away. About 24 hours later, we could already see some life in the water.
This is the triop at 3 weeks. Surprisingly enough, I haven't given him a name yet.
This is a picture of a skeleton he shedded recently:
Posted by Marie Cailliau at March 6, 2007 10:54 PM
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Maahi= fish
Daryaa= sea
you can say to him : Maahi !! or Maahie Daryaa!!
i have one small animals (i forgot what do you say to him sorry!)and i have given to him Narm pof! you can say to him :
Royayi=dreamer
Maahie Royayi!
Posted by: rahil at April 4, 2007 04:05 PM
well i am getting "high class" triops... they are from the Boston Museam of Science they are $60 each i have a friend that has a bunch but THEY R SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUN after day 10 you can take them out of the water and watch them crawl around but only 4 5-6 minutes or so
Posted by: emily at May 20, 2008 01:50 AM
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