Re: [RML] Astaxanthin Info #2
Gary Lange (gwlange at stlnet.com)
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 18:59:01 -0500
This will have to be quick as I'm off to speak at Niagara Falls (slowly I turn,
step by step)...
The really good stuff is produced in the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis not
in the yeast. If I remember correctly it's about 1000x more astaxanthin in the
algae too. A lot of other carotinoids are also in this product too but I'll
have to dig further to find that info. When I have kept fish like adult M.
parkinsoni out for the summer they have gotten quite bright in their colors and
have kept them throughout almost the entire winter (~ 6 months). I was of the
understanding that this product does keep the color on longer than just a few
months. I guess some of my further work will see how this holds up with the
bows. The powder can be fed to brine shrimp and daphnia.
Gary Lange
gwlange at STLNET.com
Rainbowfish Study Group of North America
http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html
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> From: Stephen Boulet-CSB046 <Stephen_Boulet-CSB046 at email.mot.com>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: RE: [RML] Astaxanthin Info #2
> Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 3:51 PM
>
> >AstaXin is IGENE's trade name for its inactivated dried yeast
> >product made from the organism Phaffia rhodozyma.
>
> Hmmm. This is a type of yeast.
>
> So, would it be feasible to culture it in the home? If you could, I guess
> that you could feed it to daphnia...
>
> -- Stephen, who has never cultured yeast before
> (though you couldn't tell that by taking a look in the fridge)