Artemia nauplii were fed three times a day (07.00, 10.00, 13.00 hrs.) for the first four days at a rate of 5 nauplii/ml (Table 5). Beginning from the fifth day, prepared feed w as fed three times during the day time (07.00, 10.00 and 13.00 hrs.) and Artemia nauplii were fed only once in night (20.00 h).