pH 8.2, NO2 and NH3b0.03 mg/L. A 14:10 light-dark cycle was maintained in
the culture room and water quality was continuously monitored. Water was
completely replaced every 2 to 3 weeks and the cultures were fed daily with the
microalgae Isochrysis galbana (50.000 cells/mL). Culture densities were
monitored daily and when nauplii reached a concentration of 1 ind/mL, they
were used to feed the fish larvae. Naupliar stages were separated from
copepodites and adult stages using different sized mesh (300–100–50–30 μm).
Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) characterized by an average size of 239 μm
were cultured on Nannochloropsis oculata at 30‰ and 25 °C temperature at a
density of 300 ind/mL.