Great Salt Lake Artemia

Artemia cysts are used as live feed for larval stage fish and shrimp in hatcheries in europe asia central and south america and around the world.

Great salt lake artemia.

Bio marine is world renowned for its high quality artemia cysts. Artemia populations are found worldwide in inland saltwater lakes but not in oceans. About great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative. We take pride in providing quality products and service in helping you achieve your goals in this ever changing industry.

Although small they serve as an essential food source for millions of birds that breed or stopover at the great salt lake during migration and in recent years these shrimp support a multi million dollar commercial harvest. Great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative inc. Many people who visit the great salt lake don t even notice the most numerous inhabitant of this ecosystem. Some species of artemia have only females but the great salt lake population has both males and females.

In the great salt lake most artemia franciscana die off in autumn leaving massive red slicks made up of cysts highly fortified eggs that survive cold temperatures to hatch in spring. The brine shrimp artemia franciscana thrives here regardless of the salty water and fluctuating water temperatures. We will return your money if you do not achieve the specified hatching results from artemia cysts that have been properly stored and handled. Offering great salt lake artemia cysts small strain shell free hatching e z and decapsulated brine shrimp eggs with the industry s best satisfaction guarantee.

All bio marine brand artemia is processed packed and quality tested under our strict control so we guarantee performance as specified. Look for the green label marked gsl. Read on below to see characteristics hatching conditions and packing specifications for each strain. Artemia are able to avoid cohabiting with most types of predators such as fish by their ability to live in waters of very high salinity up to 25.

Our cooperative s collective mission and goals are used to focus on producing quality artemia products preserving the environment and continuing to provide world renowned quality brine shrimp. Cooperative is the premier producer of high quality artemia cysts brine shrimp eggs in the world. All of our products have been tested certified and proven by. The male can be distinguished by his grasper antennae which almost look like a giant handlebar moustache and the female can often be seen with two small orange or pink egg sacs at the base of her tail.