This video was filmed in a Kenyan fish farm where different aquaculture activities on several species are taking place including tilapia, catfish, and ornamental fish. This video shows the feeding during the larval nursing of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. As shown, the food provided is decapsulated artemia cysts. The nutritional value of the decapsulated artemia …
Tag: artemia
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Mar 22 2018
Artemia from marine hatcheries to the outer space
Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a brine shrimp tank that is typically found in most of marine hatcheries. This is based on the high nutritional value as well as the appropriate sizes of artemia species that suit the feeding requirements for the early stages of marine finfish larvae and …
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Aug 13 2013
Enriching brine shrimp (Artemia sp.) with Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (HUFA)
Photo credit: Samart Detsathit (Thailand) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Brine shrimp, (Artemia sp.) are among the key live food provided during the larval stages of marine fish species. Because the content of artemia of lipids and fatty acids …
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Oct 17 2012
Innovative incubators for the eggs of African catfish in Egypt
Photo credit: Grace Charway (Ghana) Information source: Ismael Radwan (Egypt) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The two photos show an innovative incubator for the eggs of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). As shown in one of the two photos, the incubator (about 50×70 cm) is screened from the bottom and for …
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Sep 24 2012
Hatchery technology and early nursing of black catfish, Rhamdia quelen in Uruguay
Photo credit: Claudia Turra (Uruguay) – Description: Claudia Turra and Abdel Rahman El Gamal In nature, the black catfish, Rhamdia quelen reproduce during most of the year except during the winter months. Being fractional spawners, females release small amounts of eggs several times during the spawning season. The absolute fecundity (number of eggs/female) could range from about …
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