Abstract
Addition of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis Müller to an Artemia-based diet yielded no significant increase in larval survival or rate of larval development in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man). B. plicatilis apparently contributed little to the nutrition of M. rosenbergii larvae and provided no benefit to their culture. Larvae fed on a diet restricted to Brachionus had significantly lower survival and rate of development than did larvae fed on a diet that included Artemia. Larvae fed only rotifers did not have significantly different survival from that of starved larvae. Development of larvae fed only rotifers and reared in artificial sea water was arrested at a mean stage of 2.33; in natural sea water development was arrested at a mean stage of 2.98.
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