Effect of different rice brans on the growth of Thai silver barb (Puntius gonionotus Bleeker) in seasonal ponds
An experiment was conducted for a period of 110 days to study the effect of different rice brans on the growth of Thai silver barb (Puntius gonionotus, Bleeker) in rainfed seasonal ponds (30 m² each). Each of the ponds was stocked with 150 fish with the mean initial body weight of 2.03 ± 0.03 g. There were three treatments namely R1, R2 and R3 each having four replicates. Three types of rice bran namely coarse, auto (fine) and red were applied to the treatments R1, R2 and R3 respectively. Fish received different types of rice bran at a rate of 5% of body weight daily. The water quality parameters were found within the productive range. The results showed that treatment R1 produced significantly (p<0.05) highest growth and treatment R2 produced the lowest growth. The survival rates varied between 77 and 84% with treatment R3 producing the highest survival. However, the overall best production (1530 kg/ha) and economic return for the culture period was obtained in treatment R1 receiving coarse rice bran. The results of the present study demonstrated that the coarse rice bran resulted in better growth and production of P. gonionotus.
Main Authors: | Azad Shah, A.K.M., Hossain, M.A., Afsana, K. |
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Format: | article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1998
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Subjects: | Aquaculture, diets, pond culture, artificial feeding, fish culture, Puntius gonionotus, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32230 |
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