The invention discloses an application of Antarctic krill powder in preparing a starter feed for snappers, and the starter feed special for the snappers. The starter feed is prepared from the following components in percentage by mass: 5-76% of Antarctic krill powder, 1-20% of soybean protein concentrate, 1-12% of cicada pupa powder, 1-5% of barley pest powder, 5-24% of low-gluten flour, 1-10% of beer yeast powder, 1-5% of a yeast extract, 4-20% of fairy shrimps, 2-4% of soybean phospholipid, 2-4% of betaine, 1-2.5% of a vitamin mixture, 2-5% of a mineral element mixture, 1-5% of bifidobacteria, 1-5% of an immunopotentiator, and 0.1-0.5% of lilac, wherein the fluorine content of the Antarctic krill powder is lower than 1mg/kg. The special starter feed is developed in accordance with the physiological digestion characteristics, the growth characteristics and the feeding preferences of the young snappers at the starter stage, has excellent food calling properties, and can fully meet nutrient requirements of the snappers at the starter stage, and the immunity, the stress resistance, the survival rate and the weight gain rate can be increased.