Aquatic weed Ceratophyllum sp. as a low-cost feed for brackishwater pond culture of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Hasanuddin Hasanuddin; Muslim Muslim; Bakhtiar S Putra; Abidin Nur; Michael Rimmer

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Aquatic weed Ceratophyllum sp. as a low-cost feed for brackishwater pond culture of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

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Aquatic weed Ceratophyllum sp. as a low-cost feed for brackishwater pond culture of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Hasanuddin Hasanuddin, Muslim Muslim, Bakhtiar S Putra, Abidin Nur and Michael Rimmer

Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation, Vol.9(2), pp.408-413

2016

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Abstract

Fisheries Sciences

Ceratophyllum

tilapia

growth

Aceh

survival

economic evaluation

Two trials were undertaken to evaluate the potential for using the aquatic weed Ceratophyllum sp. as a feed source for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) culture in brackishwater ponds. The trials were undertaken in a brackishwater pond (salinity <18 ppt) in Aceh, Indonesia. In both trials Ceratophyllum was fed to tilapia in 10 m ï‚´ 10 m hapas in the pond and growth and productivity parameters compared with the unfed control fish. In the second trial, pellet feed was also compared as a feed source. The results showed that tilapia fed Ceratophyllum at the rate of 2 kg (wet weight) per day were 12-23% larger than the unfed controls at 115-120 days of culture. Although the fish fed pellets were 45% larger than the controls, the cost of the pellet feed makes this option economically unattractive.

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Title: Aquatic weed Ceratophyllum sp. as a low-cost feed for brackishwater pond culture of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
Authors: Hasanuddin Hasanuddin (Author) - Brackishwater Aquaculture Development Centre, Indonesia
Muslim Muslim (Author) - Brackishwater Aquaculture Development Centre, Indonesia
Bakhtiar S Putra (Author) - Brackishwater Aquaculture Development Centre, Indonesia
Abidin Nur (Author) - Brackishwater Aquaculture Development Centre, Indonesia
Michael Rimmer (Author) - University of Sydney
Publication details: Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation, Vol.9(2), pp.408-413
Publisher: Bioflux SRL
Date published: 2016
ISSN: 1844-8143; 1844-8143
Copyright note: Copyright © The Authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451177202621
Output Type: Journal article
Research Statement: false

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