"CheezWiz" wrote in message ...
I don't think the average aquarist has the ability to preserve home
decapsulated cysts for more than a short time. I do not know why, but I have
read it here and there... I personally do not feel like it is worth the
trouble either, since I am only "treating" my fish. Now if you are feeding
fry, then that is a whole other story...

It is not worth it to mess with eggs at home, but if you can get
decapsulated and hatchable cysts with long shelf life from some
supplier that is very convenient and clean.
Even if you treat only fish - you can pullute your tank with some
unwanted animals - I had once stinging box/cube medusas I was
writting here about. They must come with artemia cysts.