Effect of Azolla pinnata on growth performance and survival rate of fingerlings of grass carp fish Ctenopharyngodon idellus (Valenciennes, 1844)

Document Type : Original Research

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1 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Egypt.

2 Cannel Maintenance Research Institute, National Water Research center, Delta Barrage P.O. Box 13621, Egypt

3 Department of fish biology, Faculty of fish and fisheries technology, Aswan University, Egypt.

4 Cannel Maintenance Research Institute, National Water Research centre

5 Aswan University

Abstract

Grass carp fishes were caught approximately in the same size (initial weight: 10 grams) from earthen ponds and maintained in the laboratory in 15 glass aquaria (35 cm x 70 cm x 40 cm) containing 98L of filtered Nile water in 5 treatments (3 replicates per treatment) control, T1, T2, T3, T4 with stocking densities (10 fish/aquarium). The fish diet provided was a commercial floating pellets diet containing (30% protein, 6% lipids, fibers 4.5%, total energy not less than 4100-kilo calories / Kg ) and Azolla plant which was cultivated. Fish fed at 5% of their body weight in the control group and replaced with Azolla plant in the T1, T2, T3, T4 with percentages 25,50,75,100 % respectively. The current study showed that replacing the artificial feed with Azolla pinnata positively enhanced the growth performance, haemato-biochemical values, of grass carp. These results indicated that Azolla pinnata with a rate of 25-50% can be considered a beneficial dietary supplement for grass carp.

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