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Assessment of Four Different Media for the Mass Culture of Ceriodaphnia Reticulata (jurine) as a Live Fish Feed

M. BEGUM
Zoology Section, Biological Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Dhaka-1205

P. NOOR
Zoology Section, Biological Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Dhaka-1205

K. N. AHMED
Zoology Section, Biological Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Dhaka-1205

L. C. MOHANTA
Zoology Section, Biological Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Dhaka-1205

N. SULTANA
Zoology Section, Biological Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Dhaka-1205

M. R. HASAN
Zoology Section, Biological Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Dhaka-1205

M. N. UDDIN
Pulps and Paper Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Dhaka-1205

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Experiments on the mass culture of Ceriodaphnia reticulata (Jurine) were carried out in aquarium water for 54 days with different media like cowdung (1.5g/L), pulse bran water (50g/L), poultry manure (0.45g/L) and snail faeces (faeces of six apple snails). All the media were fertilized by 50-100% of the initial amount of feed in every 7 days. About 100 individuals of C. reticulata were inoculated as starter in 50 litres of water (2 individuals/ml).The temperature of the media ranged from 24-30^oC during study period. pH of the culture media varied i.e., 9.1 ± 0.40 in cowdung; 8.72 ± 0.73 in pulse bran water, 8.82 ± 0.72 in poultry manure and 7.5 ± 0.55 in snail faeces. The highest average population of C. reticulata was observed in cowdung (8.56 ± 4.11individuals/ml), moderate in poultry manure (4.21 ± 2.97 individuals/ml) and snail faeces (2.52 ± 3.01individuals/ml). The lowest growth of C. reticulata was recorded in pulse water (0.37 ± 0.69 individuals/ml). The culture media with cowdung as well as poultry manure and snail faeces were found to be useful for artificial mass production of C. reticulata.

Keywords: Assessment, Food media, Mass culture, Live fish feed, Ceriodaphnia reticulata

Location: Zoology Section, Biological Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka

Start Date: 00-00-2013

End Date: 00-00-2013

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Feed

Objectives:

1. To develop a suitable culture media for commercial production of Ceriodaphnia sp. will be an inexpensive alternative approach to live feeds needed for fish rearing.

Methodology:

The experiments were conducted over a period of 54 days in the Zoology Section of BCSIR Laboratories, Dhaka. Ceriodaphnia reticulata was collected from local water bodies of Dhaka city and this species was identified according to Brooks 1959. The culture media maintained in 12 aquarium tanks of 75 cm x 36 cm x 36 cm size with aeration for 24 hrs. Each tank was washed, left to dry and then filled with 30 litres of tap water. The tap water was kept for two days for seasoning. On the 3rd day, the tanks were fertilized by four different types of food media with three replicates for each treatment. The media were cowdung (44.88g dried manure + 30 litres of water) (Rottman 1992), pulse bran water with Chlorella (1.5g Urea+0.3g TSP + 3g salt + 600 ml pulse bran water + 100 ml Chlorella + 30 litres of water), poultry manure (13.45g dried manure + 30 litres of water) and snail faeces (six apple snails feed on 2-3 cabbage leaf daily). Additional feed, approximately 50-100% of the initial amount were added to 5 days later. On the third day of the experiment, about 100 individuals of C. reticulata were introduced to the culture medium of each tank as starter. Following initiation of different growth experiments, the number of living individuals of each tank was counted daily. These processes continued until population study in each replication that started to decline. The population of C. reticulata was recorded by using the Sedgewick-Rafter counter cell which is 50 mm long, 20 mm wide and 1 mm deep. Zooplankton number (no./ml) was calculated. Water temperature (^oC) of the culture media were recorded by using a mercury thermometer and pH was detected with the help of a portable pH meter (model-HI 98103) before sampling started at 10.00 a.m. once in every 3 days. The statistical analysis of different physico-chemical parameters were carried out by using one-way ANOVA and any difference at 5% level of significance by using the statistical package of SPSS- 16(SYSTA, USA) to express the results.

Source of Information: J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 39(2): 129-138, December 2013

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Achievement/Findings:

C. reticualta as a live food is appeared to be the best food we can possibly feed to different adult fish, fish fry and fingerlings because they are natural and healthy. Live food gives healthier fry, more successful spawns, and better colouration than any prepared food available in the market. Hence, adequate research is needed before stepping into a large scale production of C. reticulata using different doses of applied food media as fertilizer and to obtain optimum growth rate and continuous production of live fish feed.

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