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Edmund Scientific has "Instant Fish Kits" for $20 or so with dried fish eggs, plop them in water and they turn into live fish. These are a kind of killie, aren't they? If I grow them, dry out their tank after they've laid eggs, any chance I'll end up with more viable dry eggs? Either way, I imagine they have a short natural life expectancy? Also, they sell "triops" (eubranchiopoda) kits for $7. Are these available from fish stores for less? Anyone out there ever played with these? A picture of the "triops" in the American Science & Surplus catalog makes it look like a little horseshoe crab, with a distinct shell and tail. It looked similar to some kind of southwestern lives-a-month- in-a-puddle briny shrimp-like creature I saw for a few moments on a documentary a week or so ago. But the Edmund catalog shows something that looks more like a pink fairy shrimp with eyes on stalks. So what might be these freshwater horseshoe crab-like critters that I saw in that short clip on the documentary, and where can I get some? There are 2 Replies. Read action !