OCEAN NUTRITION - Micro Artemia Cysts - 25g - Small Nauplii

What are the characteristics of Micro artemia cysts?

• HUFA Omega 3: > 15 mg/g dry weight
• Naturally rich in EPA, a highly unsaturated essential fatty acid.
• Very high, rapid and synchronous hatching
• Hatching efficiency up to 300,000 nauplii per gram and more

How to use micro artemia cysts?

Preparation of the tank

• Use a clean tank with a conical bottom
• Install an open air tube near the bottom of the tank
• Install a light source on top of the tank
• Fill with clean sea water with a salinity of 25-35 grams/liter.

Optimal hatching conditions

• Temperature 25-29°C
• Sufficient aeration to keep cysts in suspension
• pH 7.8-8.5
• Incubate a maximum of 2 grams of cysts per liter of seawater.

Hatching and harvesting

• Under optimal conditions, hatching will be completed in 16-18 hours to achieve optimum prey size
• Stop ventilation and remove the light source
• After 10 minutes, drain or siphon the nauplii from the bottom.
• Wait another 15 minutes and harvest the remaining nauplii

Feeding Instructions, Ingredients and Storage

• Feeding Instructions: Feed according to nutritional needs, do not overfeed.
• Ingredients: Artemia cysts
• Optimal storage conditions: keep the cysts in a dry place, at a temperature below 4°C.
• Not intended for human consumption
• Best before: 10/2024