[Zbrafish] Re: Decapsulated dehydrated Brine Shrimp

[Claudia]

On May 5, 10:31 am, Sharon Johnson <sjohn... from genetics.utah.edu> wrote:
> Has anyone tried using commercially decapsulated/dehydrated brine shrimp nauplii in place of 24-48hr post-hatch brine shrimp?  Even wroking within sight of the Great Salt Lake, we are having difficulties obtaining good quality artemia cysts.  We are doing some experiments with a product from INVE Aquaculture (not an endorsement of this company) that costs about ½ of the artemia cysts by weight and is 100% usable. Thanks - Sharon
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> Sharon E. Johnson
> Senior Lab Specialist
> University of Utah
> Zebrafish Core Facility
> 30 N. 1900 East
> 5C 124 SOM
> Salt Lake City, Utah  84132
> Phone: (801) 585-6574
> Fax: (801) 585-6364

Hi,
we are using decapsulated brine shrimp as a starting feed for
commercial food. Starting on day 16 pf once we stop feeding paramecium
we start the shellfree artemia (www.artemia-international.com) in
addition to 24h artemia nauplii (www.artemia-international.com) until
about 22 dpf, then we start feeding Golden Pearl feed (200-300um)
(www.artemia-international.com)......
The shellfree artemia is very very small and I do not think it is
suitable for adult fish.

Claudia Hohn, Ph.D.
PO Box 3088
Mississippi State University
MS, 39762 USA