After metamorphosis to postlarva ŽPL., the diet was composed of microalgae
Chaetoceros calcitrans with increasing amounts of artificial plankton ŽNippai Shrimp
Feed. and brine shrimp nauplii Ž Artemia sp... From the fifth postlarval stage ŽPL V., a
prepared feed ŽAcclimac. was supplied at 50% of the biomass dayy1 instead of artificial
plankton. It was not possible to separate specific postlarval stages that were grouped
according to the number of molts. Determinations were carried over postlarval stages PL
VI–VII Žsix or seven molts including metamorphosis. and PL XIII–XV