For anyone that has bought eggs (shrimp, killifish) on eBay you may have seen this written under the item....

Package Procedure

1. Hard plastic capsule.

2. Aluminum foil (Protects from X-Ray)

Buy this item today

So I've actually tested this,
I took an x ray of an object (can ya tell what it is, doh!) then covered it in 2 layers of foil & took a 2nd x ray and as you can see the rays penetrate as if the foil wasn't there.
So would it be fair to assume that one exposure while passing through customs does not affect the eggs or cysts in any way. Either that or they don't pass through an x ray at all.

Without Foil


With Foil

the bigger question does the sky remote still work ? I have to sat the arrow keys to me any way, do not look as clear on the second shot.

Not every parcel will go through the x ray there would categories and that would be prioritise from low to high. the lowest would see may be one in every bag checked at the other end every one would be x ray if not psychically checked.

But i guess the real answear is the protection is more in the mind than fact

thanks mate
Mickey

mwdragondk wrote:
the bigger question does the sky remote still work ? I have to sat the arrow keys to me any way, do not look as clear on the second shot.

As soon as I was finished I ran in & turned on Television X just to make sure it worked (the remote that is ) .
Sorry there both the same it was my scanner that made the keys fade.

I think the eggs would have to be wrapped in lead or similar to protect them from x-ray.
Dose the x-ray kill the eggs or make them infertile afterwards?

Dose the x-ray kill the eggs or make them infertile afterwards?

I think you all have identified for me the reason why the literally hundreds of Euros worth of Killifish eggs I have bought in the past two years have failed to produce any worthwhile amounts of fry - and there was me thinking it was the pH of my water at fault !!!

John

I've never ordered eggs from abroad but my main question is Why and Where did you have an opportunity to play with an x-ray machine! Are they one of Lidl specieal offers this week?

tanks_alot wrote:
I've never ordered eggs from abroad but my main question is Why and Where did you have an opportunity to play with an x-ray machine! Are they one of Lidl specieal offers this week?



I got it in Aldi for €240,000, a bargin.

This forum is full of surprises..

if you dont mind me asking what exactly was your purpose of purchasing an x-ray machine,oh your one of those witch doctors
who wants to move with the times lol

what other foreign objects have you x-rayed?

Thanks for the interesting findings with the xray results Zale,and in response to Johnh if his his very low hatch rate from killie eggs that he imported is a result of definately having gone through an xray machine well question answered in regards to eggs but what about fish ?????