Publication Date:
2021-07-14
Description:
Growth (Percentage weight gain, Specific growth rate , total body length), survival rate and condition factor of Heteroclarias fry fed shell free Artemia, cultured Moina micrura and mixture of both as starter feed were investigated. 30 individual fry were placed in a 4-litre plastic bowl in three treatments of 3 replicates for 25 days in Fish Hatchery. Individual water quality parameters (water pH, temperature, Dissolved oxygen, total Alkalinity and carbon dioxide) monitored for each treatment were not significantly different (p〉0.05) from each Heteroclarias fry fed live M. micrura had the highest percentage weight gain (496.03%), Specific growth rate (3.09), percentage survival rate (88.83%) and condition factor (39.75) but these results were not significant different (P〉0.05) from those of shell free Artemia except those of condition factor. Shell free Artemia and Live M. micrura combination was observed to have the lowest fry Percentage weight gain (428.30%),. specific growth rate(2.54), % survival rate (85.50), condition factor(24.39) and total body length(1.52cm). The highest total body length was observed in shell free Artemia although not significantly different (p〉0.05) from others. The implication of using cultured live M. micrura instead of shell free Artemia as starter diet for Heteroclarias hatchlings at the critical stage of development are discussed
Description:
Includes:- 6 figs.;16 refs.
Keywords:
Aquaculture
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Heteroclarias
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Moina micrura
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Nigeria
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Keffi
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freshwater environment
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Growth rate
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Survival
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Condition factor
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Feeding experiments
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Fish culture
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
conference_item
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TRUE
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
519-525
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