UHT Fairy Shrimp – 75g (Bottled)

Description

Fairy shrimps are a member in the class Branchiopoda, along side the clam shrimp, Diplostraca (or Cladocera), Notostraca and the Devonian Lepidocaris.
They live in shallow/dried pools (seasonal depressional wetlands) and hypersaline lakes across the world and have even been found in deserts, ice-covered mountain lakes and Antartic ice.
Their drought-resistant eggs are collected from lakeshores and are stored and transported dry. They hatch readily when submerged in salt water.
A study done on the fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus dichotomus) as feed for ornamental fishes revealed growth performance to be similar when fed with Artemia(Brine Shrimp)
Analysis of the carotenoids showed the presence of astaxanthin, canthaxanthin and β-carotene.
In addition, the fatty acid and amino acid compositions of carcasses of fish fed with Fairy Shrimps revealed efficient nutrition consumption.
Energy budget analysis of fish fed on with fairy shrimp, revealed that about 99.6% of the consumed feed was assimilated with a conversion ratio of 1.59,
similar to Artemia (99.4% assimilated with a conversion ratio of 1.44).
The presence of carotenoids, high energy content and optimal nutritional value offers the advantages of Fairy Shrimp as live feed in freshwater aquaculture.
As such Fairy Shrimps are used as food for fish and other organisms in aquaria and aquaculture.

Directions For Use:
Ensure the cap is tightly sealed after each use.
Always keep refrigerated.

Feeding UHT Fairy Shrimp in Your Singapore Tank

We stock the bottled 75g fairy shrimp because it is one of the easiest ways to add a high-value treat to a Singapore aquarium without keeping anything alive in our warm flats. The shrimp are already harvested and preserved, so you skip the hatching mess that comes with culturing your own live food on an HDB kitchen counter, where ambient 27-29C tends to crash unattended cultures fast.

Use it as a supplementary feed alongside a staple diet rather than a daily meal. Drop a small pinch near the flow so finicky eaters and mid-water community fish can pick it off before it settles. We find it especially useful for conditioning breeding stock and tempting picky imports during quarantine, when a richer, scent-forward food often coaxes a first bite from fish still settling into local water.

For wider feeding ideas, see our guide on live food versus dry food and building a feeding schedule. Browse the rest of our baby food range for matching fry and grow-out options.