Controlled production of Artemia cysts under standard conditions in a recirculating culture system
Lavens, P.; Sorgeloos, P. (1984). Controlled production of Artemia cysts under standard conditions in a recirculating culture system. Aquacult. Eng. 3: 221-235
In: Aquacultural engineering. Elsevier: London. ISSN 0144-8609; e-ISSN 1873-5614, more
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Aquaculture techniques
Artemia Leach, 1819 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
A flow-through culture system is described for the controlled production of Artemia cysts in 10 liter aquaria using 50 promille artificial seawater enriched with Fe-EDTA as culture medium, micronised rice bran as food source and cyclic flushes of the cultures with N2-gas as induction mechanism for oviparity. The culture water is recirculated over a rotating biological contactor, a settling tank and a UV disinfection unit. Cysts are continuously harvested by filtration of the culture effluent. Production yields average 0.5 g dry cysts per day and per aquarium. |
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