Analysis of nutritional composition of S. dichotomous nauplii reveals that they are rich in protein, lipid, essential amino acids and essential fatty acids (Velu and Munuswamy, 2008). The survival rate of the prawns fed with the pure fairy shrimp treatment was highest (84.75%), this value was significantly different from that fed with the pure dry diet treatment (74.96%). A similar study by Chetawan et al. (2002)