The Amazon search did in "Triopseier-Refill" the rather favorable Galileo product and then my children and I were looking forward to a renewed adventure with these comical crabs. Already the thin description of the speech, however, was hardly worth - I had well read only on the Internet, that the supplied substrate is simply to give the water (first I wanted it not at all believe). Which reminds me already noticed the many negative reviews for this product in the various Triops forums.
But we were still in good spirits. Distilled water from the last time was still present, feed, thermometer, etc., as dry sand from 2010 he Triops experiment for biological "seeding". This time we even rendered us the luxury of a small NanoCube aquarium with heating and light, since the animals had little place in the small Plastewännchen last time in order to go out of the way. For safety reasons we let the water even a week in the (previously cleaned cringe-inducing and without chemicals) resting basin, so that already could emerge a first Flora. Then, the substrate was placed into the water and from the moment our spotlessly clean bright pool turned into a sad Schüttelschneekugel - only that the flocks were in the case of dark mud.
We waited another week, but there have unfortunately shown to date no Triopse and will probably now come no more. Even with a magnifying glass and with gentle stirring around in this Lorke are no bouncing little tiny to make out. Also no daphnia or Feenkrebse. We illuminate and heat (22-25 ° C as for the launch indicated) only one charge sad manure. The children are particularly disappointed because they were squatting every day in front of the pool and had hoped for the first twitching critters.
I can not understand why under the generic term "Triopseier" on Amazon, a substrate is sold, which is obviously purely coincidental various animal eggs contain (and sometimes none at all). Leave a comment in the other forums suggest that every now and then even a Triops has mixed results, but guarantees you have here in this package no. Why were not pure Triopseier packaged in a separate container,? And as a conditioner as usual? The suspended now hanging by the pool, swim to the surface (hamper along with the emerging after a week pellicle oxygen exchange) and lie on the ground and are unlikely to be eliminated again.
Why does sometimes seem no eggs are in the substrate? How is this ever made? If just a handful of dirt from an intern at will and without verification shoveled from a breeding tank and packaged? That would explain a lot. When the results and experiences (including the Amazon buyers) are so abysmal, why prevents the company not the production or rethinks them at least? Reacts Amazon itself on bad reviews its clients and puts pressure on the manufacturers? I do not believe that we, with all our experience (30 ++ years aquarists) made after the success of last year, a serious error in the "incubation" of a species, which is so robust and adapted to the environment that they actually have been times of the dinosaurs remained unchanged ...
Anyway, we are all very disappointed. I now buy me a fine-mesh net, clean weekend the pelvis and the famous ordere Kosmosset. The Galileo "refill set" was a clear bad buy before I can only warn.
Many Greetings
