International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies
2020, Vol. 8, Issue 3, Part C
Determination of weight and length gain of Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) in a Biofloc system with a pigment-rich diet
Author(s): Castro-Castellón AE, Castro-Mejía G, Castro-Mejía J, Monroy-Dosta MC and Martínez-Meingüer AM
Abstract: The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of carotenoid pigment-rich diet in the growth, in length and weight, of ornamental fish
Astronouts ocellatus. Plastic beakers of 250 L were conditioned with 125 L of water and 1 org 10L
-1 of juvenile
A. ocellatus. Two plastic beakers were under commercial diet for trout (El Pedregal®), while the other two were under TetraColor® diet (carotenoid pigment-rich diet) as food source. The organisms fed with TetraColor ® obtained better length and weight gains with 3.96 cm and 16.14 g respectively. Also, the IGR and AGR were higher with values of 0.038 cm day
-1 and 0.89% for length, and 0.154 g day
-1 and 3.143% of daily increase in weight. Showing that carotenoid pigment addition is important for the culture of ornamental fish.
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Castro-Castellón AE, Castro-Mejía G, Castro-Mejía J, Monroy-Dosta MC, Martínez-Meingüer AM. Determination of weight and length gain of Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) in a Biofloc system with a pigment-rich diet. Int J Fish Aquat Stud 2020;8(3):200-204.
