Billabong Bugs - PICS

[goldenpigeon]

Hey guys,

Well as some peeps here know Ben gave me some Billabong Bugs to grow up and show everybody. I got home from Noosa last night and now i can fully document these guys progress everyday. Hope u guys enjoy and cant wait to see what these interesting creatures look like (im hatching them right now).

BTW i wasnt sure where to post this thread so if the mods think it would go better somewhere else can u move it for me :P

Here are some photo's to start with :-

[goldenpigeon]

This is the tank they will be housed in. It is situated on my bedside table. It recieves partial sunlight but i have a aquarium light on top for extra light.

[goldenpigeon]

HERE COME THE EGGS!!!!

As i am unsure on how much bug dust to put in the tank and since the tank is not the biggest i put a pinch of bug dust in. The eggs are scattered thoughout the bug dust so it isnt like brine shrimp eggs. I take it that there is eggs and sand that make up the bug dust. Hopefully i will get from 3 to 10 bugs which is an appropriate number for this size tank. There is no sand in the tank as of yet (to show their progress better). They also live in demineralised water so i dont want large amounts of them at one time because i can only get about 6L of demineralised water from my demineraliser each day. The eggs went in at 9:40am and should hatch in a few hours. The tank is kept at 26 degrees celsius.

i hope to update this later on today and hopefully will have some live Billabong Bugs to show u guys.

[mcloughlin2]

Are they like sea monkeys?? how big do they grow??? :D

[goldenpigeon]

No sea monkeys are actually brine shrimp. These guys should grow to about 9cm AT THE MOST.

the site for these guys is: www.billabongbugs.com

[mcloughlin2]

There ugly little things...Lmao :lol:

[Ben]

thats awesome David!

keep us posted mate!!!


cheers,
Ben

[goldenpigeon]

cheers Ben. and yeh mcloughlin they r but i wanna c their 3 eyes... thats kool as!

[goldenpigeon]

ok guys,
after 5 days i finally have discovered 1 billabong bug has hatched! he is a funny lil fella and only 3-4mm long (takes me a minute to spot him still). i am glad he has hatched cause i was beginning to thing i had done something wrong and was about to try again soon. well this lil fella is so cute but only has 2 eyes (from what i can tell lol).

i will keep you updated on his progress and will post pics in a day or 2 when he is big enough for the camera to focus on. :P

[Littlefish]

Good stuff, Junior!

Looking forward to the pics.

Fred

[Ben]

congrats junior!

pics mate pics!!!!

lol

Cheers,
Ben

[Darth_discus]

you better come through with the goods GP
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Hahahahaha

[wyldchyld01]

not to burst a bubble, but the three eye thing is called a puff (by law anyway) get the three eye's lol i wanna see it with my two

Brenton

ps at least you got one, i can't even hatch bbs

[Ben]

Where are you junior???

you seem a bit quiet lately!!

heheheh

hope you did not murder the bugs!

[Ben]

Where are you junior!!!

I hope the bug did not grow to gigantic size and decide to eat you for a snack!

cheers,
Ben

[goldenpigeon]

hi guys... geez it has been a long time! never have any time to do anything anymore. cant get away from the darn txt books! :evil: irs driving me crazy!

well here re some pics of the bugger (bug-ger hehehe ;) )

unfortunantly he passed away yesterday due to unknown causes :cry:

it was probably lonelines.

anyway i shall hatch all the bugs this wkend and hopefully get more this time round. its sad cause this guy was doing so well, eating like a pig, he got to about 4 cm

[endless]

wow... what the hell is it?

[Ben]

wow David!!

thats amazing!


keep us posted mate!

[oscar]

I'm with endless. What the fork is that!!

[goldenpigeon]

its a billabong bug. they r really kool. hehehe especially when they swim upside down (normal behavior)

[DiscusMan]

All i can say is that this is some weird stuff!!!!

wonder why companies make money out of sellgin these sort of things thou. OH well if you sell it they will come so to say.

Wayne

[Ben]

That’s true Wayne.

But i guess these bugs are only available in Australia and there is a lot of prehistoric history behind them.

Cheers,
Ben

[goldenpigeon]

true ben there is a lot of history behind them

these things make a good first pet because all they need is light during the day and warmth. u dont need to filter/airate the water. so there is not noise from airpumps and people sometimes like a silent pet. anyways they r good fun to watch. hehehehe