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Effects Of Commercial Diets On Growth Performances Of Juvenile Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus Lanceolatus ♂ X E. Fuscoguttatus ♀) Reared Under Intensive Culture Conditions, Piyawut Mitrananda Sep 2018

Effects Of Commercial Diets On Growth Performances Of Juvenile Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus Lanceolatus ♂ X E. Fuscoguttatus ♀) Reared Under Intensive Culture Conditions, Piyawut Mitrananda

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Feed performance of hybrid grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂ x E. fuscoguttatus ♀) at 27.76±0.78 grams were evaluated. Fish were fed one control diet and three commercial diets for a duration of 42 days with 14-day sampling intervals. Experiment was performed in triplicates with 240 fish per treatment. Fish were stocked in 400-liter flow through tank with 2000% exchange of unfiltered seawater. Control treatment received previously frozen bait fish, Decapterus russelli. The three commercial diets have varying proximate compositions and price points and were obtained from three commercial fish feed producers. CD1 diet was imported from Japan at $2.7/kg with 50.8% …