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Growth response of juvenile clownfish Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853 fed with graded levels of dietary protein

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http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJF/article/view/107742
10.21077/ijf.2021.68.4.107742-07
 
Title Growth response of juvenile clownfish Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853
fed with graded levels of dietary protein
 
Creator Varghese, Binu
Paulraj, R
 
Subject Feed
Fish Nutrition
Food and Feeding
Aquaculture
Ornamental Fishes
 
Description Clown fishes are the most popular marine ornamental species owing to their unique behaviour and symbiotic association with sea anemones. Captive propagation of these fishes is relatively easy; however, the lack of suitable diets influences their survival, growth and colouration. In this study, growth response of juvenile sebae clownfish Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853 was evaluated through a feeding trial. Six iso-caloric experimental diets with graded dietary protein levels of 33.06 (D33), 36.54 (D36), 39.19 (D39), 41.88 (D42), 45.17 (D45) and 47.94% (D48) of dry matter were prepared. Lipid content of approximately 6% was maintained for all dietary treatments. The study was conducted for nine weeks in triplicate to evaluate survival, growth and feed utilisation. Fishes fed with diet D36 did not present any mortality; those fed diets D39, D45 and D48 had a lower survival with 86.7%, without significant differences among the treatments. However, weight gain, specific growth rate (SGR) and feed conversion efficiencies showed a significant difference among the treatments (p
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2021
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15653/1/IJF_2021_Paulraj%20R.pdf
Varghese, Binu and Paulraj, R (2021) Growth response of juvenile clownfish Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853 fed with graded levels of dietary protein. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 68 (4). pp. 58-64.