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Soy cake* was homogenized and filtered through an 80 mesh net to produce small, detritus-like particles. The effect of soy-cake particles, an artificial detritus, on the survival and growth of Penaeus japonicus Bate zoea was then tested. The soy cake was considered to be effective for survival and growth of the zoea. The best survival rate, 85.9%, was obtained in a tank receiving soy cake in quantities of 0.16 mg/zoea/day. An experiment was also performed to compare three kinds of food: particles of soy cake alone, diatoms (Chaetoceros rigidus) alone, and a half and half mixture of the two. The best growth, 2.49 mm, and the highest survival rate, 79.1%, were found in larvae fed the mixture of soy-cake particles and diatoms. The results thus seem to demonstrate that particles of soy cake could be usefully applied to the mass-culture of the penaeid prawn.
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Hirata, H., Mori, Y. & Watanabe, M. Rearing of prawn larvae, Penaeus japonicus, fed soy-cake particles and diatoms. Mar. Biol. 29, 9–13 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00395522
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