Yes the standard way pollutes the water VERY quickly but these bottles of
Decapsulated Cysts in liquid that I use are a much cleaner way of growing
them, and they last for ages, you dont have to use them up quickly....
Hatching rate is great and they are ready to use alot quicker than standard
Cysts and the best part..... no shells.
And at my LFS here in Australia, the Decapsulated Cysts are nearly the same
price as the standard Cysts.....

Cheers
Microbot

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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.