I was at hobby lobby the other day and i saw a Triop Bag. They look like armored shrimp, or like a horseshoe crab. I thought they looked really cool but i dont know if they'd be dangerous to put with other peaceful fish
Triops Safe for Community Tank?
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spudjnr123
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I think Triops actually would be dangerous to smaller fish (fry and tiny neons), but not larger ones. My issue would be food. They may not be able to get food from the surface of a larger tank. I can't remember if they were fantastic swimmers. If it's shallow you could try, but throw in some dither fish first to see what happens, or some feeder fish.
Well i got 6 Black Skirts, 2 Balloon Mollies, 1 Opaline Gourami, 1 Red-Tail Shark, 1 Dojo Loach, and 1 Guppy. They are all juveniles except 1 of the skirts who is an adult. They are in a 37g Tall. All the fish are at least 1.5 inches or more tho
spudjnr123
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I'd say it'd be safe for them. They don't have pinchers and their mouths are small and rudimentary. but, the 37 tall tank worries me. See, triops feed from the surface. they have to swim up to the surface, then they flip over and siphon algae and copepods and such. I might do a test run with one, see if it can make it to the top before adding more. ie grow them out in the small tank provided and then add individually to the main tank, keeping in mind acclimation and such.
They are really cool, fun little buggers, BUT they are cannibalistic. They will eat each other until one, two or three survive that are going to constantly be trying to one up the others. lol. this may not happen in a large tank but they have a strong sense of overpopulation. You'll start out with about ten. The fastest growers will win out, I was left with two in the end. But those will only last about 3 months tops anyways.
they are short lived.
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Everything you just explained about them sounds really cool! A vicious animal that will keep their viciousness to themselves and they are cheap! lol. just like crawdads except that they go after fish too >.<. Well i got a 1gallon, ill put them in there for awhile and then switch em over when they are bigger. Are they safe to feed to oscars? i have a 3 inch oscar that eats literally anything(including picking up rocks and spitting them out). if its too big he'll just hold it in his mouth lol!
spudjnr123
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Yeah that one gallon sounds good. I don't see why they wouldn't be, except that their carapace is pretty tough. He might choke if he doesn't break it up. Also, they get to about 3inches although mine were only about 2 in the end.
Ok thank you. Im sure my oscar will have fun chasing something around. Ive only fed him worms. Also when i first got him, i put him in a tank with black skirts. He was only slightly bigger than them. He was fine for about a month then he hit 2.5 inches and attacked the smaller skirt and killed it in a matter of 30 seconds. hes a little ******* 
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spudjnr123
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HAHAHAHA You shoulda known! Oscars are mean and hungry buggers. There won't be much chasing the triops aren't terribly fast. I envision one ambush and it'll be over.