Journal Article
Comparison of Artemia salina and Moina micrura for the larviculture of Brycon amazonicus in biofloc and clearwater systems
Ana Carolina Souza Sampaio-Nakauth; Elissandro Cardoso Costa Silva; Moacir Teodoro Souza-Neto; Thiago Mendes de Freitas; Sabrina Medeiros Suita; Valdelira Lia Araújo Fernandes; Elizabeth Gusmão Affonso
Aquaculture International · Vol. 34, Issue 1 · 2026
Abstract
Biofloc technology (BFT) has yielded higher survival rates in the larviculture of B. amazonicus and the supply of live food during its larval stage may be an alternative for optimizing the species productivity and availability. This work aimed to compare two types of live food, Artemia salina and Moina micrura , in the larviculture of B. amazonicus in clearwater (CW – without BFT) and in BFT systems during the five days. Four hundred larvae (24 h after hatching) were distributed in four treatments: T1 (CW + M. micrura ), T2 (CW + A. salina ), T3 (BFT + M. micrura ) and T4 (BFT + A. salina ). Live food was offered once a day in increasing proportions. There was an effect of the BFT and CW systems on water quality ( p p A. salina ( p B. amazonicus , with A. salina being recommended for use in the first five days of life.