Golden Pearls - An Excellent Fry Food

I’ve been using an excellent dry fry food for very small fry called Golden Pearls since 2004. I use the 50-100 micron size, as a comparison Artemia nauplii are around 400 microns. It’s been great for tetras, bettas, danios, rainbows and of course killies. It worked great for small killi fry like E. annulatus and N. janpapi. I also feed it to larger fry. A little goes a long way. I bought ½ lb in 2004 from Brine Shrimp Direct and have just gotten through the first ¼ lb package. Keep what you aren't using in the freezer to extend it's shelf life.

Here’s the description from the BSD website:

"Golden Pearls is a revolutionary new larval diet that has successfully replaced live Artemia nauplii in marine fish hatcheries in Europe. A patented processing technique (agglomeration of micro-encapsulated particles) results in feed particles or "clusters" that resemble raspberries under the microscope. Golden Pearls have tiny air pockets that keep the feed particles in the water column, not on the bottom of the tank. Golden Pearls mimic live brine shrimp nauplii."

Available in Seven particle Sizes

· Diatom Replacement: 5-50 microns

· Diatom Replacement: 50-100 microns

· SS Rotifer Replacement: 100-200 microns

· LS Rotifer Replacement: 200-300 microns

· Artemia Nauplii Replacement: 300-500 microns

· Instar V Replacement: 500-800 microns

· Baby Brine Replacement: 800-1,000 microns