Brine Shrimp Artemia Eggs

Brine Shrimp Artemia Eggs are high quality dried Artemia cysts that hatch into highly nutritious nauplii larvae within 24 hours, providing the perfect live first food for fish fry, fingerlings and juvenile ornamental fish. Artemia is ranked as a top live feed for early stage fish and shrimp larvae due to its exceptional nutritional profile, tiny size ideal for small fish mouths and the natural feeding stimulation it provides to newly hatched fry. Essential for every Nigerian fish hatchery and aquarium breeding operation producing fish fry.

LONG DESCRIPTION:

Brine Shrimp Artemia Eggs are the most important live feed ingredient for Nigerian fish hatchery operators and aquarium breeders who raise fish fry. In the critical first days of a fish fry’s life, the quality of live food determines whether the fry survive and thrive or perish from malnutrition and developmental problems. Artemia is universally ranked as a top live feed for early stage fish and shrimp larvae because it provides the perfect combination of nutritional completeness, appropriate size for tiny fish mouths, and natural movement that stimulates feeding instincts in newly hatched fry.

Brine shrimp are an important food source used in the aquaculture industry because they are packed with essential fatty acids, amino acids, proteins and micronutrients that support rapid fry development, healthy organ formation and high survival rates from hatching through to the juvenile stage. Fresh, newly hatched Artemia nauplii are far superior to frozen or freeze-dried alternatives because the live movement triggers natural feeding behavior in fry that may not yet respond to non-moving foods.

Key features of Brine Shrimp Artemia Eggs:

• High quality dried Artemia cysts with high hatching efficiency for maximum nauplii production
• Hatch within 24 hours at 28 degrees Celsius into highly nutritious nauplii larvae
• A single hatching produces hundreds of thousands of brine shrimp nauplii for feeding fish fry
• Tiny nauplii size ideal for the small mouths of newly hatched fish fry
• Exceptional nutritional profile including essential fatty acids, amino acids and micronutrients
• Natural movement of live nauplii stimulates feeding instincts in newly hatched fry
• Suitable for feeding fry of catfish, tilapia, ornamental fish, marine fish and shrimp larvae
• Long shelf life of cysts when stored in a cool dry place away from moisture
• Easy to hatch in the Artemia Incubator with simple salt water and aeration
• Essential live feed for achieving high fry survival rates in hatchery operations

How to hatch Artemia Eggs:

In 1 litre of spring water or dechlorinated tap water, dissolve 2 tablespoons of non-iodized salt. Add Artemia cysts at a density not exceeding 2 grams per litre, aerate continuously and provide constant light. The eggs hatch in 24 hours at temperatures of 26 to 28 degrees Celsius. Do not exceed 30 degrees Celsius or the young may be damaged. After 24 hours stop aeration, wait 10 minutes for nauplii to sink and unhatched shells to float, then harvest nauplii from the bottom through a fine mesh net and feed immediately to your fish fry.

Storage:

Store Artemia cysts in an airtight container in a cool dry place away from moisture and direct sunlight. For extended storage keep in a refrigerator to maintain high hatching efficiency over time.

Brine Shrimp Artemia Eggs are the essential live feed ingredient that gives Nigerian fish hatcheries and aquarium breeders the highest quality first food for their fish fry, supporting maximum survival rates and healthy development from day one. Order yours today from HTS Farms.