Hi Helen, Helen Burns wrote: > -----Original Message----- ...snip > > My understanding is, provided the seal on the tin is not broken they will > stay fresh. Once opened you must keep the eggs in the fridge with a tight > sealing lid. > Helen > not at all. They stay not endless fresh. I hatched brine shrimp cysts out of a tin w/ unbroken seal. The hatching rate was about 40 percent. The cysts have been 15 yo. For that 40 perc. was a good result. I think we can say BS cysts would stay fresh for a long time depend on storage. Best regards Wilfred ************************************** Wilfred Teiser - Germany phoenix1@t-online.de http://home.t-online.de/home/phoenix1 ************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!