| Summary: | In recent years, efforts have been made to develop aquaculture protocols for the marineornamental shrimp, especially species of Lysmata (cleaner shrimp) and Stenopus (bandedcoral shrimp). The largest bottleneck for commercial production is the long and variablelarval durations, largely due to mark-time molting. Identifying appropriate broodstockand larval diets is a key in reducing the larval durations and increasing the aquaculturepotential for these species. Several broodstock diets (enriched and regular fresh andfrozen Artemia nauplii and adults, squid, mussels, clams, and polychaetes) have beentested in different shrimp species, the nutritional suitability of the diet seems to be speciesdependent. Several larval diets have also been tested (microalgae; rotifers; decapsulatedcysts, newly hatched nauplii, and enriched metanauplii of Artemia; and pellet food).Combination of Artemia (meta) nauplii and pellet food (ArteMac) or Artemia (meta)nauplii alone produced the best results in larval survivorship and development.
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