30 year old brine shrimp eggs

[Wulfonce]

I went to visit my parents over the last month. My dad use to be an active fish keeper but not so much anymore. When he retires he'll likely get back into it. He gave me 2 of his tanks a 20g "W" and a 25g. He said he has some filters and misc. stuff in the crawlspace I could have to so I went into the deep dark dungeon and came up with (2) 20g filters and some 30 year old brine shrimp eggs still sealed in their glass vial and never opened.

When I got home I cut the top off a 2L pop bottle to make a primitive hatchery. I salted the water according to the directions and have a heater heating the water to 80F. I have an air-rater bubbling away in there as well as a bright light shining over the whole thing.

Will these 30 year old eggs even hatch or am I just wasting my time? I thought it'd be fun to try anyway.

 

[packer43064]

Their suppose to last for quite awhile, 30 years might be a bit much. Go for it though, you might have the oldest brine shrimp ever!!!!!!!!!

 

[Wulfonce]

Their suppose to last for quite awhile, 30 years might be a bit much. Go for it though, you might have the oldest brine shrimp ever!!!!!!!!!

I'll give it a go.

For the record though, I have seen dried up snail eggs stuck in a net hatch after 15 years when reintroduced into water. True story.

 

[the zigman]

Well if they do hatch, buy them a beer! They'll be old 'nuff do drink!!

 

[Ransom]

that would be pretty cool if they did survive somehow

 

[Wulfonce]

I'll let yous know if/when it happens.

 

[velanarris]

I've heard of a 1 year shelf life, but I've also seen 5 year old eggs hatch.

 

[Hmong_Xiong]

I don't think they're going to hatch

 

[Rikesh]

I bet they will hatch!! But the hatching yield may be low if the eggs got contact with air or moisture.

 

[Wulfonce]

Well, after 3 days non of them hatched. Oh well. I kinda feel like getting some fresh eggs now lol.