Artemia harvest made easy

Fish and shrimp hatcheries rely heavily on Artemia nauplii as a critical live feed for larval stages. However, separating hatched nauplii from unhatched cysts and empty shells presents a persistent operational challenge. Traditional double-sieving is laborious, time-consuming, and subject to sieve clogging, which reduces biomass recovery and causes physical damage to nauplii. Damaged nauplii leach nutrients into the water, promoting bacterial proliferation and elevating biosecurity risks in larval rearing tanks. Furthermore, undersized cysts can pass through mesh filters, polluting the live feed with indigestible shells. The innovative SEP-Art technology resolves these drawbacks by utilizing magnetic separation without fine-meshed nets. This approach prevents physical damage, guarantees complete and efficient recovery of healthy, active nauplii, and eliminates toxic waste and cyst contamination. By streamlining harvest procedures and enhancing live feed quality, magnetic harvesting facilitates cost-effective upscaling and sustainable hatchery operations.