1 OKTOBER 1999
CULTURE OF MYSIDS AND COPEPODS
QUESTION:
To: <BRINE-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
May I know some websites where I may get info on culturing mysid shrimps and copepods?
Paolo Villegas
E-mail: Paolo_Villegas@abs-cbn.com
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COMMENTS 1:
For copepods, be sure to read: Hart, R.C. and B. Santer. 1994.
Nutritional suitability of some uni-algal diets for freshwater calanoids:
unexpected inadequacies of commonly used edible greens and others.
Freshwater Biology 31: 109-116.
Richard E. Hill
E-mail: REHill@ix.netcom.com
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COMMENTS 2:
Take a look at our website (www.seafarm.com) and at
www.brineshrimpdirect.com. We produce marine microalgae that can be used to grow copepods, rotifers, brine shrimp, and other types of zooplankton. By using our algae you will get fully enriched zooplankton that don't need artificial enrichment.
Randy Reed
E-mail: rreed@seafarm.com
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COMMENTS 3:
Quite a few studies have been done on levels of enrichment and none are solely relying on microalgae as Reed seems to imply. Most of the critical levels of EPA and DHA, and the relative ratios between the two are sometimes critical for proper development especially in marine finfish.
With bottom flat fish, SEAFISH did some studies and found a combination of Super Selco and AlgaMac (Schizochytrium) worked quite well for early larval development, growth, pigmentation, and survival. There are reports out on this as well as through DOF - Canada, contact Dr. John Castell.
Leland Lai
Aquafauna Bio-Marine, Inc.
E-mail: lelandlai@AQUAFAUNA.COM