Study on survival and growth rate of three Artemia species fed with Dunaliella tertiolecta, Tetraselmis suecica and Nannochloropsis oculata

In recent years, Artemia has proven to be one of the easiest to prepare and the most nutritious food available to aquaculture. In this research, the process of hatching of Artemia cyst into larval stage using algae as a diet was investigated. The cysts used for this experiment belonged to three species Artemia urmiana, Artemia parthenogenetica and Artemia franciscana. The algae species used for the feeding of the Artemia included Dunaliella tertiolecta, Tetraselmis suecica and Nannochloropsis oculata. The effect of algae feeding on growth rate and survival of the Artemia species from hatching to maturation during 15 days was investigated. The results showed that A. franciscana had better growth rate and survival compared to the other two species