Analysis of biological factors on affecting the growth performance and water quality of biofloc aquaculture system for freshwater barramundi

Biofloc technology is used to improve water quality and fish growth performance of aquaculture. The purpose of this research is to analyse the biological factors on freshwater barramundi in biofloc aquaculture system. Three set of experiments with 3 biological factors were carried out for freshwater...

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Published in:E3S web of conferences Vol. 516; p. 4002
Main Authors: Johari, Anwar, Ahmad, Aminah Halimah, Jong, Chung Hiang, Kok, Mei Ling, Kamaruddin, Mohd. Johari
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 01-01-2024
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Summary:Biofloc technology is used to improve water quality and fish growth performance of aquaculture. The purpose of this research is to analyse the biological factors on freshwater barramundi in biofloc aquaculture system. Three set of experiments with 3 biological factors were carried out for freshwater barramundi to analyse the water quality and to evaluate the cultivated fish growth performance under the application of biofloc technology for 10 weeks. The biological factors involved are stocking density, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio and feeding rate. The water quality parameters were monitored weekly while the growth indices will be determined at the end of the experiments. The results revealed that stocking density has insignificant effect on the water quality but essential affected the growth rate of the freshwater barramundi. The best growth rate is observed at lowest stocking studied (10 fish/m 3) . The biofloc technology aquaculture system with C:N ratio of 16:1 and lowest stocking density (10 fish/m 3 ) produced the best water quality and growth performance. Meanwhile the compatible feeding rate for the juvenile freshwater barramundi was identified at rate of 1% of fish body weight with feeding frequency once or twice a day in order to control the water quality and produced good growth performance of the juvenile.
ISSN:2267-1242
2267-1242
DOI:10.1051/e3sconf/202451604002