Unlike
other microalgae–prawn studies we assessed the nutritional
efficacy of microalgal additives for
conditioning of adult black tiger prawns near the
time of harvesting. The study duration was only
4 weeks, about half the time period conducted in
most other studies Furthermore, we utilized several
microalgal additives at one of the lowest inclusion
rates (5% feed DW) tested for algal materialin aquafeeds The information
derived from this study is useful for optimizing feed
strategies with microalgae additives towards the
aim of improving prawn quality prior to harvest.