Live brine shrimp nauplii

Artemia nauplii

Live brine shrimp nauplii in a bottle.

Laboratory grown and fed exclusively with phytoplankton.

DESCRIPTION

Animalia Kingdom

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Branchiopoda

Order: Anostraca

Family: Artemiidae

Genus: Artemia

Species: Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758)

General characteristics

Small branchiopod crustacean.

Since the 1930s, its use in aquaculture has increased considerably, and it is currently the best and in some cases the only live food for the first larval stages of many species of fish and crustaceans.

Its distribution extends to all continents except Antarctica. They are found in lakes with very high salinity (up to 300g/L of salt) where their predators cannot survive. Their great capacity for adaptation means that we can find them even in fresh water.

They survive in waters with a high oxygen deficit (supporting levels of up to 0.5 mg of oxygen per liter in their adult phase).

It is used in the breeding of fish and crustaceans for both human consumption and aquarium farming. Used by betta fish breeders.

The nutritional value of stage I nauplii is higher than in stages II and III, the dry weight and caloric content decrease as they increase in size if they are not fed and the increase in size does not help the feeding of certain predators. that these, having a lower swimming rate, require that the brine shrimp have a more limited swimming capacity. The color of the brine shrimp is also notable, since when it has just hatched it is a dark orange color (more visible to predators) and as it increases in size it becomes paler and more transparent if it is not fed.

It has a high digestibility and covers the macronutrient and micronutrient requirements of the larvae of marine and freshwater fish, as well as crustaceans.

Newly hatched nauplii have a high level of fatty acids.

Through bioencapsulation techniques we can introduce into the newly hatched brine shrimp components that interest the predator (vitamins, pigments, amino acids,...).

Nutritional value

High value in vitamins and proteins

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and high content of interferons (glycoproteins synthesized by cells infected by viruses that inhibit their multiplication)

Considerable amounts of beta carotene, a substance that enhances and intensifies the color of the fish it feeds (an example of this is flamingos, whose characteristic pink color stands out due to feeding on brine shrimp).

Approximate composition of Artemia salina:

Proteins 52-74%

Carbohydrates 7-17%

Lipids 8-16%

Sugars 3-4%

Humidity 85-90%

Ashes 9-20%

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ARTEMIA NAUPLIUS

Artemia nauplii

Live brine shrimp nauplii in a bottle.

Laboratory grown and fed exclusively with phytoplankton.

DESCRIPTION

Animalia Kingdom

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Branchiopoda

Order: Anostraca

Family: Artemiidae

Genus: Artemia

Species: Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758)

General characteristics

Small branchiopod crustacean.

Since the 1930s, its use in aquaculture has increased considerably, and it is currently the best and in some cases the only live food for the first larval stages of many species of fish and crustaceans.

Its distribution extends to all continents except Antarctica. They are found in lakes with very high salinity (up to 300g/L of salt) where their predators cannot survive. Their great capacity for adaptation means that we can find them even in fresh water.

They survive in waters with a high oxygen deficit (supporting levels of up to 0.5 mg of oxygen per liter in their adult phase).

It is used in the breeding of fish and crustaceans for both human consumption and aquarium farming. Used by betta fish breeders.

The nutritional value of stage I nauplii is higher than in stages II and III, the dry weight and caloric content decrease as they increase in size if they are not fed and the increase in size does not help the feeding of certain predators. that these, having a lower swimming rate, require that the brine shrimp have a more limited swimming capacity. The color of the brine shrimp is also notable, since when it has just hatched it is a dark orange color (more visible to predators) and as it increases in size it becomes paler and more transparent if it is not fed.

It has a high digestibility and covers the macronutrient and micronutrient requirements of the larvae of marine and freshwater fish, as well as crustaceans.

Newly hatched nauplii have a high level of fatty acids.

Through bioencapsulation techniques we can introduce into the newly hatched brine shrimp components that interest the predator (vitamins, pigments, amino acids,...).

Nutritional value

High value in vitamins and proteins

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and high content of interferons (glycoproteins synthesized by cells infected by viruses that inhibit their multiplication)

Considerable amounts of beta carotene, a substance that enhances and intensifies the color of the fish it feeds (an example of this is flamingos, whose characteristic pink color stands out due to feeding on brine shrimp).

Approximate composition of Artemia salina:

Proteins 52-74%

Carbohydrates 7-17%

Lipids 8-16%

Sugars 3-4%

Humidity 85-90%

Ashes 9-20%

Advantages they present as food

They have a small size (400-500 microns when they have just hatched) and this makes them ideal for feeding fry.

Great efficiency in feed conversion.

They reinforce the hunting instinct of fish.

Excellent food for all types of fish and invertebrates, promoting their pigmentation and good health.

We can keep them cold to slow down their metabolism and increase oxygen levels so that they last a little longer.