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Abstract

A method for preserving marine aquarium foodstuffs such as zooplankton crustaceans, gelatinous organisms, vertebrate and invertebrate larvae and eggs, shellfish, mollusks, fish and fish roe, oysters and clams, and sea urchins, wherein a supersaturated saline solution is prepared from reverse osmosis deionized water and marine salt, said solution is chilled to a low temperature, and said foodstuffs are immersed into said solution such that moisture is withdrawn from said foodstuffs via osmosis. The resulting product may then be stored and shipped at low temperatures for subsequent rehydration and use as a food product for a salt water aquarium ecosystem.

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