Evaluation of different diets to replace Artemia nauplii for larval rearing of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii )
Evaluation of different diets to replace Artemia nauplii for larval rearing of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii )
A study was conducted on Macrobrachium rosenbergii larvae to evaluate the efficiency of different diets to replace Artemia nauplii in the feeding scheme. The study included two experiments performed at pilot scale in 12–L tanks using a recirculating system. Larval stocking density was 100 larvae/L. After 7 days of feeding by Artemia nauplii, different diets, included wet and dry diets and decapsulated Artemia cysts, were tested to replace Artemia nauplii. An extra treatment using only decapsulat