This post (and the next few ones) outlines the journey that I took over these few months and the new hobby I indulged in: Raising Triops, Guppies and Bettas.
In August, in the midst of a particularly challenging period due to a project with its tight timeline, I bought a box of Triops from a local store (Pet Lovers Centre). Planning to teach my kid a little about responsibility by letting him take care of some animals. However, being the kiasu parent I am, I thought that I should try hatching them in office first to make sure that I got the steps right to avoid disappointing the little one.
Contrary to what people shared over the Net, it wasn't easy hatching them. I only managed to get less than 5 hatchlings for every batch. Out of 4 batches, I could only get 2 of them to start laying eggs for the next generation.
Here are some photos that I took during the period when I had the triops.
The triops died sometime in October (most likely of old age), but I've kept the substrate and left it to dry (hopefully with eggs laid by the first gen triops) so that I can try again in January next year.
In the meantime, I decided to try something new: raising bettas and guppies...
