Coral aquaculture: applying scientific knowledge to ex situ production

Coral aquaculture: Applying scientific knowledge to ex situ production Reviews in Aquaculture 6(2) · October 2014 DOI: 10.1111/raq.12087 Article (PDF Available) Miguel Costa Leal, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Dirk Petersen, Ronald Osinga Still have to read the rest, but this was enough to hook me: Although captive breeding and propagation of corals is a well-known activity among aquarium hobbyists and public […]

Technological improvements for the cultivation of invertebrates as food for fishes and crustaceans. II. Hatching and culturing of the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L

Technological improvements for the cultivation of invertebrates as food for fishes and crustaceans. II. Hatching and culturing of the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L From p311-312. Apparently, for small-batch brine shrimp culture (useful size), they used funnel-shaped vessels as small as 100mL and up to one liter.  For maximum results, they only bubbled the medium […]

Feeding corals in captivity: uptake of four Artemia- based feeds by Galaxea fascicularis

Article title: Feeding corals in captivity: uptake of four Artemia- based feeds by Galaxea fascicularis Authors: Ronald Osinga, Fam Charko, Catarina Cruzeiro, Johan A.J. A.J. Verreth (PDF Download Available) This study evaluates the capture efficiency of the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis for four Artemia-based feeds: (1) live, non-enriched Artemia nauplii; (2) Instant Baby Brine Shrimp (IBBS, pasteurized Artemia […]