The elusive copepods: their production and suitability in marine aquaculture

Marine Ornamental Fish Culture

“…Anemonefi sh are kept in pairs in broodstock tanks of approximately 70 -200 L in volume (Job & Bellwood 1996, 2000Job et al . 1997 ;Avella et al .…”

“…2007 ;Olivotto et al 2008a, b ). Egg duration at 28 -30 ° C varies from 6 days in Amphiprion clarkii to 7 days in A. ocellaris and Premnas biaculeatus and 9 days in A. melanopus (Job & Bellwood 1996, 2000Avella et al . 2007 ;Olivotto et al .…”

“…Much of the scientifi c research on marine ornamentals has focused mainly on the larval stage as this is still considered the most diffi cult stage from an aquaculture perspective (Danilowicz & Brown 1992 ;Job & Bellwood 1996, 2000Job & Shand 2001 ;Arvedlund et al 2000 ;Avella et al . 2007 ;Olivotto et al .…”

“…Larval fi sh are visual feeders with most feeding activity concentrated during the day (Blaxter 1986 ;Job & Bellwood 1996, 2000Job & Shand 2001 ). The visual system of most larvae is functional just before or soon after yolk sac absorption (Blaxter 1988b ).…”

“…A substantial amount of work has been done in recent years on producing calanoid or harpaticoid copepods, as well as other zooplankton species for use as fi rst feed organisms (Stottrup 2000 ;McKinnon et al 2003 ;Shields et al . 2005 ).…”