Great Salt Lake Artemia

The cooperative was formed in 2006 when sixteen harvest companies joined together to create the great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative inc.

Great salt lake artemia.

Look for the green label marked gsl. Cooperative is the premier producer of high quality artemia cysts brine shrimp eggs in the world. 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. 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.

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. All of our products have been tested certified and proven by. Artemia international llc is a bulk supplier of artemia cysts brine shrimp and other specialty feeds and equipment for the aquaculture industry worldwide. We will return your money if you do not achieve the specified hatching results from artemia cysts that have been properly stored and handled.

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. The great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative is a group of member companies working together to produce the world s finest artemia products from the world s greatest source great salt lake. The brine shrimp artemia franciscana thrives here regardless of the salty water and fluctuating water temperatures. Read on below to see characteristics hatching conditions and packing specifications for each strain.

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. All bio marine brand artemia is processed packed and quality tested under our strict control so we guarantee performance as specified. Many people who visit the great salt lake don t even notice the most numerous inhabitant of this ecosystem. About great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative.

Great salt lake brine shrimp cooperative inc. Artemia populations are found worldwide in inland saltwater lakes but not in oceans. Some species of artemia have only females but the great salt lake population has both males and females. Bio marine is world renowned for its high quality artemia cysts.