Triops t-caniformis?

[connerlake]

I wanted to create a pond for them in my garden but am worried that even to they are a rare british species, that the t-caniformis i purchase may be of slightly/different genetic origin than the british version, i wanted to know if i should worry and not carry thru with it or what? my main worry is that is the eggs get loose thru the wind (triops live in temporary pools lay eggs in sand/mud mud drys and when it rains again more are born)
any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Ukwildlifeo]

Its funny, Ive thought of rearing the british fairy and tadpole but have had the same dilemma you have noted. Even if they are the same species they may be of different genetic stock. Considering how rare and restricted in range these species are I hope there are some in captivity somewhere just in case!

Perhaps the best bet is to look around the net and see if anyone is researching them and contact them?

[connerlake]

Just to let you now mate, they are conserving them and they are found in the new forrest they are well looked after and now managed and they keep captive stock and breed them incase of the need for reintroduction, so hopefully we will always have our native triops, i may just raise some indoors myself for the time until i know more.

[RED]

I had thought about this at one point, just to see if they could survive more than anything else.
However, not sure where you got your eggs from but I had to buy mine from Austria, so they could well be a different strain of cancriformis.
The odd thing is, even indoors, they were suprisingly hard to get a decent hatchrate. T-long were soo easy in comparison, but only managed a single adult canc'. Same with australiensis, I used both batches of eggs and for one reason or another they always failed to live longer than a week (Although one attempt was going very well with decent hatch/growth rate until somebody knocked the lamp which sent them flying across my room and all over my floor :'( )

[ollyk]

I doubt you will create the conditions for them to thrive in your garden. Even if you do how would you protect them from predators?

@Red is that avatar for real?

[RED]

Naah...Would be nice if it were real though

Just messing round one day with a pic of my biggest and longest living t-long and came up with it. I believe this is the pic I edited but can't be sure it was so long ago.

[connerlake]

Originally Posted by RED

Naah...Would be nice if it were real though

Just messing round one day with a pic of my biggest and longest living t-long and came up with it. I believe this is the pic I edited but can't be sure it was so long ago.

Im going to do it ive worked it out, its easy to protect them from predators, its easy to stop them getting lose (the eggs) with decent covering when the pond dries out, and its completely under my control.

will post results of my attempt anyway.