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Table 1 Prepared custard feed ingredients modified from Imamura et al. ( 2009 )

From: Complete larval development of the Monkey River Prawn Macrobrachium lar (Palaemonidae) using a novel greenwater technique

Egg custard

Squid custard

Prawn custard

1 egg yolk (approx. 20 g in weight)

25 g whole squidb flesh (including viscera)

25 g whole prawnsc

20 g milk powder

25 g whole prawns

1 EPA capsule (1000 mg)a

15 mL water

1 whole egg

1 multivitamin capsule

1 EPA capsule (1000 mg)a

1 egg yolk (approx. 20 g in weight)

10 mL soyabean cooking oil

1 multivitamin capsule

1 EPA capsule (1000 mg)a

15 g Algamac 3050 flake

10 mL soybean cooking oil

1 Multi-vitamin capsule

10 mL soybean cooking oil

1 lecithin capsule (1200 mg)

  1. aEPA 1000 mg capsules included 180 mg EPA and 120 mg DHA.
  2. bWhole Boston Squid Loligo pealei (Lund's Seafood Inc.).
  3. cPalaemon concinnus, P. debilis, Macrobrachium grandimanus and M. equidens.