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Empirical feed formulations for the marine ornamental fish, striped damsel, Dascyllus aruanus (Linne 1758) and their physical, chemical and nutritional evaluation

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Title Empirical feed formulations for the marine ornamental fish, striped damsel, Dascyllus aruanus (Linne 1758) and their physical, chemical and nutritional evaluation
 
Creator Vijayagopal, P
Gopakumar, G
Vijayan, K K
 
Subject Fish Nutrition
Aquafeed
Ornamental Fishes
 
Description Formulated feeds containing a common ingredient
mixture (CIM) consisting of ¢shmeal (anchovies),
shrimp meal (Acetes), squid meal (Loligo) and soybean
meal incorporated in ascending levels to obtain protein
levels ranging from 180 to 560 g kg1(18.34%,
25.35%, 36.27%, 46.61% and 56.28%) and an energy
level of 19MJ kg1 were fed to the marine ornamental
¢sh, striped damsel, Dascyllus aruanus o200mg
and 200^300 mg in size for periods of 35 and 63
days. Theo200mg ¢sh accepted particleso0.5mm
in size and showed maximumgrowth in terms of absolute
growth rate (AGR), relative growth rate (RGR)
and speci¢c growth rate (SGR) with the feed containing
380 g kg1 CIM having a protein content of
362 g kg1.
 
Publisher Blackwell Publishing
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5813/1/AR6.pdf
Vijayagopal, P and Gopakumar, G and Vijayan, K K (2008) Empirical feed formulations for the marine ornamental fish, striped damsel, Dascyllus aruanus (Linne 1758) and their physical, chemical and nutritional evaluation. Aquaculture Research, 39. pp. 1658-1665.