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Fairy shrimp is known as a nutritional food for fish and crustaceans in aquaculture. In most hatcheries, the microalga Chlorella sp. appears to be the most common, suitable, and nutritious food to feed fairy shrimp. In this study, we attempted to determine other alternative algal diets for cultivation of fairy shrimp Branchinellathailandensis. Seven experimental diets including three treatments of dried Spirulina sp. at 0.75 (S1), 1.5 (S2), and 3.0 mg dry weight individual−1 (S3);three treatments ofChlorococcumhumicolaat5 × 105 (Ch1),1 × 106 (Ch2), and 2 × 106 cells mL−1 (Ch3); and a control diet (Chlorella vulgaris at 1 × 106 cells mL−1) were fed to 5-day-old shrimp for 15 days. Evaluation of growth performance, egg production, survival percentage, and nutritional and carotenoid content of the experimental fairy shrimp revealedthatCh3isthemostsuitablealgaldiet.OurresultssuggestthatC.humicolaisthebest alternative food source for the cultivation of B. thailandensis. In addition, dried Spirulina powder is also a good choice when live algae are not available and can be used as an alternative feed in fairy shrimp cultures.
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