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We studied the growth and production of pigment of microalgae Dunaliella salina cultivated in<br />photobioreactor multicamera oscillating outside laboratory conditions to evaluate the effect of different<br />concentrations of zeolite (ZC). Growth was evaluated by cell count and pigment content was performed<br />by spectrophotometric techniques. The results indicate that the concentration of 50 mgL-1 of ZC produced<br />a better stimulus on the growth of the microalga reaching maximum cell density (MDC) of 5.51 ±0.45 x 106<br />celmL-1, growth rate (μ) 0.37 ±0.03 divday-1 and duplication time (Td) of 1.87 ±0.02 days. Likewise,<br />produced a greater increase in the total chlorophyll and carotenoids in the logarithmic phase of values<br />15.554 ±0.77 and 0.50 ±0.01 mgmL-1, respectively. Chloroplastic pigments concentration per volume of<br />culture has a significant correlation with maximum cell density of D. salina treatments based on zeolite at<br />all stages of growth with rMDC, chla.tot= 0.89 y una rMDC, carot.tot=0.926 at a level of significance (p &lt;0.01). The<br />results demonstrated the feasibility of using this product as a suitable substrate for the growth of the<br />microalga, being an innovative alternative and less costly to obtain significant metabolites.