Re: couple of questions

[IDMiamiBob@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/12/99 11:04:17 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
timellis@flash.net writes:

> >   The ones usually sold at LFSs are
>  > still "live" and intended for hatching.  This doesn't mean you can't feed
>  > them as is, but they are handled differently, and that makes them more
>  > spendy.
>  > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
>  I hope you are not referring to hatchable cysts. Do not feed unhatched 
cysts
>  unless they have been decapsulated.

I am talking about decapsulated hatchable cysts.  If you dehydate the eggs 
immediately after decapsulation by placing them in a very, very strong saline 
solution, they can be dried and stored for about five months or so and then 
hatched.  As they are decapsulated, you can also use them straight as food, 
but they are quite expensive.  Like five times the cost of regular eggs.  The 
dead decapsulated eggs cost considerably less than even the cheap live eggs 
with the shells on them.

Bob


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