Larvae and Fry Rearing of Bata, Labeo bata (Hamilton, 1822) Using Different Supplementary Feeds

Md. Abdullah-Al- Mamun¹, Md. Sarower-E- Mahfuj^2, , Maruf Hossain Minar¹, Dhiman Gain³ and Md. Mukhlesur Rahman Khan¹

¹Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

²Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Belgium

³Marine Environment and Resources (MER), University of Bordeaux, 33405 Talence, France

Cite this paper:
Md. Abdullah-Al- Mamun, Md. Sarower-E- Mahfuj, Maruf Hossain Minar, Dhiman Gain and Md. Mukhlesur Rahman Khan. Larvae and Fry Rearing of Bata, Labeo bata (Hamilton, 1822) Using Different Supplementary Feeds. American Journal of Zoological Research. 2015; 3(1):4-8. doi: 10.12691/ajzr-3-1-2

Abstract

The present study was conducted under two experiments to evaluate the effects of different feeds on larval (experiment-1) and fry rearing (experiment-2) of Labeo bata fish. Experiment-1 was conducted in 9 bowls under three treatments each with 3 replications (T₁, T₂, and T₃). Fish larvae in T₁ were fed with plankton, T₂ with commercial feed and T₃ with laboratory prepared feed. On the other hand, six ponds were divided into three treatments (T₁, T₂ and T₃) each with two replications in experiment-2. Fish meal was used in T₁, wheat bran in T₂ and laboratory prepared feed in T₃. Results in experiment-1 revealed maximum length gain in T₁ (1.56±0.69) (cm) which was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that of T₂ (0.64±0.34) cm and T₃ (0.98±0.29) cm. Furthermore, highest specific growth rates (SGR) were found as (2.85±0.27)%, (1.55±0.11)% and (1.99±0.15)% in T₁, T₂ and T₃, respectively. On the basis of growth performance, live food (plankton) showed the highest growth performance in case of larval rearing of bata. On contrary, experiment-2 revealed the mean maximum length gain of bata fry in T₁ (3.76±0.05) cm significantly (P<0.05) higher than that of T₂ (2.85±0.02) cm and T₃ (2.56±0.01) cm. In this case, SGR was found in T₁ (0.91±0.01)% followed by T₂ (0.72±0.13)% and T₃ (0.65±0.15)%. Use of fish meal showed best growth performance during bata fry rearing in terms of growth performance. However, the survival rates were low in both the experiments; therefore further detail and intensive research are highly suggested.

Keywords:
Labeo bata larvae fry fish feed growth performance survival fry larvae

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