Comparative Study on Growth and Survival Rate of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) Treating with Supplementary Feed at Different Feeding Regime

This experiment was designed with three experimental treatments namely T1 (natural feed), T2 (feeding with 10% body weight) and T3 (feeding with 5% body weight) for ten weeks. In the content of 33.8% of crude protein (CP), 11.2% of crude fiber (CF), 6% of fat and 10.2% of ash content feed were used as an experimental diet in this experiment. The stocking densities were 280 fish decimal-1 in three treatments where the mean initial weight of fry was 20 ± 0.2 g in all treatments combined and at the end of the experiment the mean final weight was found as 58.9 ± 2.86 g, 134.4 ± 3.62 g and 142.5 ± 4.23 g for T1, T2, and T3 respectively. Mean initial length was 10.2 ± 0.01 cm in three treatments and final length was found as 14.58 ± 1.60 cm, 18.74 ± 1.23 cm and 20.16 ± 2.08 cm in T1, T2 and T3 respectively. The mean weight gains 38.9 ± 1.53 g, 114.4 ± 3.05 g and 122.5 ± 1.5 g, mean length gain 4.38 ± 0.24 cm, 8.54 ± 0.65 cm and 9.96 ± 0.59 cm, mean SGR 1.76%, 3.5% and 3.82% were recorded in T1, T2 and T3, respectively. The highest weight gain, length gain and SGR were found in T3 and the lowest was found in T1. The survival rate was 82%, 88% and 94% in T1, T2 and T3, respectively. FCR values were found as 3.49 ± 0.5 and 2.51 ± 0.4 in T2 and T3. The result demonstrated that feeding with 5% body weight had a better effect on the growth and survival rate of monosex (male) O. niloticus.