We started testing today with an Ocean Nutrition product called 'Instant baby brine shrimp'. We have always used live baby brine shrimp (artemia nauplii) as a food source for our moon jellies but we understand that hatching live artemia every day is a bit of a chore and to much work for most hobbyists. Ocean Nutrition have a good reputation for quality marine foods so we have high hopes for this product.
Below is the information given on this product form the ocean nutrition website:
Baby brine shrimp (nauplii of Artemia salina) are widely used in aquariums as food during the first stages of delicate fish and invertebrates. Ocean Nutrition has developed Instant Baby Brine Shrimp, a revolutionary off the shelf product that allows you to use brine shrimp when and where you need them!
The whole process of hatching brine shrimp at home can be tedious and cumbersome. More often than not, due to variables such as improper storage, the hatching rate can be rather disappointing. The next challenge facing the hobbyist is synchronizing the hatching time with first feeding of the fry. Those days are over!
Instant Baby Brine Shrimp consists entirely of sterile newborn nauplii in an aqueous solution. The nauplii have very good buoyancy, as if you are dealing with a live product!
The product can be kept and stored at room temperature. Once open, the product must be kept in the refrigerator. To avoid any quality issues make sure that the security strip is complete at the time of purchase. Ideal for delicate small fish, fish fry and invertebrates. One bottle contains in excess of 1.5 million Artemia nauplii. Developed in collaboration with the Artemia Reference Centre (of the Ghent University in Belgium). Does not cloud the water.
Ingredients:
Baby Brine Shrimp (Artemia nauplii).
Typical analysis:
Protein 9.3 %
Fibre 0.2 %
Fat 2.2 %
Ash 1.2 %
Moisture 85.0 %