r/triops • u/Ok-Station-4947 • 12d ago
Picture 1 Year Death Anniversary of Archibald IV
Today, we gather with heavy hearts to remember the legacy of Archibald IV.
They were always a source of love and kindness, eating stuff and nonstop laying eggs. 😢
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(I just want to share my personal experience in preserving Triops in alcohol.)
Archibald IV has been in here for around a year now, and is in pretty good condition.
They died due to a pretty bad ammonia spike (I disturbed the substrate too hard) and was the last of the pack to die.
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The solution Archibald is immersed in is a bootleg rubbing alcohol derived from adding salt to hand sanitizer and letting the hand sanitizer stuff precipitate.
I didn't have any rubbing alcohol and needed to preserve the corpse fast before it oxidized. Archibald I-III (the rest of the Archibald pack) was preserved in untreated hand sanitizer and thus rotted.
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My only issue with this preservation method is that Archibald's blood leeched out over time and caused them to turn pale (Supposed to be a red albino Triops longicaudatus.)
Don't make the same mistake as me and be careful of ammonia spikes!
I hope this helps someone maybe idk!