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What are Artemia?Almost every child and every fishkeeper has heard the term Artemia or “brine shrimp” but very few know exactly what this refers to.

Artemia Salina is a species of small shrimp which live in salt lakes – hence the common name “brine shrimp”. Due to their life in the salt lakes, the Artemia shrimp have devel-oped a special life cycle which makes them interesting for the fish-keeping world: Provided that salt wa-ter is available, the shrimp grow to become adult shrimp which can breed and lay eggs. If the lakes dry up, (which is frequently the case for salt lakes), the eggs survive the dry spell and the young shrimp (nauplii) hatch

when water is once again available for the eggs. The eggs (0.2 mm in size) can there-fore be stored for up to a year in dry con-

ditions. As soon as the eggs are put into salty water, the young shrimp

hatch, providing a highly nutri-tious food, especially for young fish.

This strategy has ensured the survival of Artemia on earth for

over 100 million years and so Ar-temia species are still to be found in

salty inland lakes in varying regions of the earth today, but not in the sea.

Contents: What are Artemia? .......................................................... 2 Why do you need Artemia? ........................................... 3How are Artemia cultivated? ........................................... 4 Can you rear Artemia? ..................................................... 7 The JBL Artemio®-Range .............................................. 8The JBL Artemio® Kid-Range ........................................ 11

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3A good dry food such as JBL NovoBel con-tains seven types of flake each with 30 to 50 ingredients. But even this variety is not sufficient for some fish: They require even mo-re variation in their diet, including live food! Only through supple-mentary feeding with Artemia has it been possible to breed some species of fish and it is only Artemia that

has enabled some species to be kept successfully in an aquarium.

Artemia play a par-ticularly important role in the breeding of fish: The freshly hatched fry of some

egg-laying species are often so small that they are unable to feed on dried food, whereas Artemia nauplii (freshly hatched Artemia) are exactly the right size and have a very high nu-tritional value.

For a minute number of species, even the Artemia nauplii are too large and they initially feed on single-celled organisms

(known as infusoria) or unicellular algae before moving on to Artemia nauplii.

Why do you need Artemia?

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4Basically the dry Artemia eggs are put into salt water, aerated and left for 24 – 48 hours, until the small Artemia nauplii hatch. The salt water containing the shrimp is poured through a fine sieve and the shrimp are fed to the fish without the water. The JBL ArtemioSet has been designed to make Artemia cultivation ea-sy and effective.When cultivating the shrimp, there are a few points to bear in mind:• Do not use too many Artemia

eggs: 1 g eggs produces 150,000 nauplii! JBL ArtemioPur contains extremely high quality eggs with an ex-cellent hatch rate.

• Salt: For best results, a special salinesalt such as JBL ArtemioSal should be used. Never use cooking salt containing iodine.

• Saltcontent:10–15gsalt (3dosagespoons) should be dissolved for eve-ry 0.5 litres water.

• Temperaturehasadecisive influ-ence on the hatching time. At 25 °C it takes approx. 24 hours for hatching to start. At lower temperatures it takes lon-ger.

• The nauplii have the highest nutritionalvalue immediately after hatching. They should therefore be used as food as so-on as possible!

How are Artemia cultivated?

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5• Tousethenaupliias food,switchoff

the air supply and wait for a few mi-nutes. The empty egg cases float to the surface and the live nauplii collect

on the bottom. Simp-ly turn the outlet tap and allow the required amount of nauplii to run through the Artemia sieve (JBL Artemio 3) into the harvesting con-

tainer (JBL Artemio 2). The Artemia nauplii are retained in the sieve, whilst the salt water is collected in the container and can be re-used.

• Briefly rinse the Artemia nauplii in freshwater and then feed to your fish.

• The JBL ArtemioSet contains all thecomponents (except for the Artemia eggs and the salt), which are needed for the Artemia culture described abo-ve: 1 funnel-shaped brood container,

How are Artemia cultivated?

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61 stand for the brood con-tainer, 1 aerator pump with 1.8 m air hose, 1 harvesting container with Artemia sie-ve (0.15 mm mesh) and a non-return valve for the air supply. If you need larger quantities of Artemia or wish to feed newly hatched nauplii every day, more brood containers can be connected to the first JBL ArtemioSet brood contai-ner. The airtight construc-tion allows air to flow from one container to the next, therefore only one aerator pump is required.

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7Rearing Artemia is no problem at all and adult Artemia are a real treat for larger fish, even if their nutritional value is lower than that of freshly hatched nauplii.

In order to rear Arte-mia, a very small por-tion of hatched nauplii are placed in a sepa-rate container with a large surface (a small aquarium). Due to the large surface, the wa-ter absorbs sufficient oxygen and does not require any extra ae-ration. To maintain a constant salt level in the water, it is helpful to mark the level of the water at the outset. The water can then be regularly topped up to this mark to replace the evaporated water.

The growing Artemia require a special algae liquid food (JBL ArtemioFluid) seve-ral times a day. Please ensure that the nauplii are not given more food than they can consume in a few hours, as the water will otherwi-se become polluted and the nauplii will not survi-ve.

At a water temperature of 28 °C the shrimp

become sexually mature within 12 days; at 20 °C it takes six to ten days longer. It is in-teresting to note that when male and female

adult shrimp are pre-sent, mating can be observed. However, when only female shrimp are reared Artemia can also re-produce by means of parthenogenesis.

Can you rear Artemia?

adult female

adultmale

live bearing

nauplii

Eggs

juvenile brine shrimp

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8 The JBL Artemio range:

JBL ArtemioSetBreeding set for Artemia naupliiLive food home-grown in 24 hours.

• Complete cultivation equipment with stand, airpump and 1.8 m air hose.

• HarvestingcontainerandArtemiasieve (0.15mmmesh) also included.

• Thecontainerhasbeenskilfullydesignedtoallowthe air from the aerating pump to be fed to further breeding containers.

• Funnel shape ensures constant movement of allnauplii.

JBL Artemio 1Extension for ArtemioSet

• CompletebreedingcontainerasinArtemio-Set, but without air pump and hose.

• Includesstandwhichcanbefirmlyconnect-ed to other Artemio stands.

• Wall-mountingoptional.• Also with facility to link air flow to further

breeding containers.

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9JBL Artemio 2Harvesting container for Artemio

• Transparentharvestingcontainerfromsturdyplastic.• Artemiasieve(JBLArtemio3)andsieveset(JBLArtemio4)ex-

actly fit onto upper opening.• Alsosuitableforothertypesoflivefood.

The JBL Artemio range:

JBL Artemio 3Artemia sieve

• Meshsize0.15mm.• CatchesArtemianaupliiandletssaltwaterrunthrough.• Fitsexactlyonharvestingcontainer(JBLArtemio2).• Alsosuitableforothertypesoflivefood.

JBL Artemio 4Sieve combination for live food

• 4topqualitysievestoseparatelivefoodfromtransportwater.• Sievesizes:0.15mm,0.30mm,0.60mmand1.00mm.• PerfectforArtemia,mosquitolarvae,Tubifex,Mysis,waterfleas

etc.• Allsieves,usedinsuccession,separatelivefood,e.g.waterfleas,

into different sizes to feed different sizes of fish according to their needs.

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10JBL ArtemioMixArtemia ready-mix (eggs/salt)

• Aready-mixcomprisedofsalineshrimpeggswithsaltandmicro-algae to feed the shrimps.

• Simplyadd3measuringspoonfuls(included)to0.5lmainswater.• SaltcontainsbuffersystemforoptimumpHlevelofthewater.• Salineshrimphatchafter24–36hours.• 230gready-mixfor14applicationsof0.5leach.

JBL ArtemioPurArtemia eggs (top quality)

• Home-grownlivefood:puttheeggsintosaltwaterandyouhaveyour own live food after 24 hours.

• TopqualityArtemiaeggswithmaximumhatchingrate.• Packedusingnitrogentoguaranteehatchingrateevenafterlong

storage.• Includespracticaldosagespoon.

JBL ArtemioSalSpecial salt with micro algae for cultivating Artemia

• 230gsaltfor7litresculturesolution.• Containsphytoplankton(microalgae)tofeedArtemianaupliiafter

the egg cases have been depleted.• Aspecialbuffer systemmaintains theoptimumpH levelof the

water, which must not drop too low.• Dissolveseasily,simpletouse.

JBL ArtemioFluidLiquid food for Artemia nauplii

• Liquidfoodcomprisedofultra-finehomogenisedphytoplankton(algae) and other vital nutrients for breeding Artemia nauplii.

• Simplyaddtothewateradropatatime.• Lightgreencolouringofthewaterindicatestherightamountof

food.Morefoodshouldbegivenwhenthewaterisclearagain.

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JBL ArtemioKidSetArtemia breeding set with aquarium and all accessories

• Withtop-qualityacrylicaquarium(content8litres,dimensions: 33 cm x 19.5 cm x 22 cm).• IncludesJBLArtemioKid(ready-mixedArtemiaegg/saltmixture),JBLArtemioFluid(liquid

food for the shrimp), JBL ArtemioSal special salt for water changes), fishing net.• Simple,detailedinstructions.• Decorativegiftpack.

JBL ArtemioKidChildren’s ready-mix set for primeval shrimp

• Ready-mixcomprisedofspecialsaltandArtemiaeggs.• Larvae(nauplii)hatchafter24–48hours.• Ready-mixfor7-8litresofwater.• Easytousemixtureforchildrentocultivatesalineshrimp.• MustbefedwithJBLArtemioFluidafterhatching.• Contents:230g(Artemiaeggs/saltmixture)

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