Water quality and Nile tilapia growth performance under different feeding schedules

Caldini, Nayara Nunes; Rebouças, Vanessa Tomaz; Cavalcante, Davi de Holanda; Martins, Rafael Barroso; Sá, Marcelo Vinícius do Carmo e

doi:10.4025/actascianimsci.v33i4.12207

Abstracts

The present study investigated the effects of different feeding schedules on certain variables of water quality and growth performance of Nile tilapia juveniles. Fifteen 25-L aquaria were used to hold the experimental fish population for six weeks. Five fingerlings (1.86 ± 0.13 g) were stocked in each aquarium (200 fish m-3; n = 5). The diet provided to fish and the feeding rates adopted were the same for all fish. The daily ration was divided in four meals (8, 11, 13 and 16h). In the positive control group (25/25/25/25), the daily ration was equally divided in the four meals; in the negative control group (40/30/20/10), the daily ration was unevenly divided in a progressively decreasing fashion (40, 30, 20 and 10%) throughout the day; in the experimental group (10/20/30/40), the daily ration was unevenly divided in a progressively increasing fashion (10, 20, 30 and 40%) throughout the day. The feed conversion ratio results were better for 10/20/30/40 than for the other groups. The 10/20/30/40 feeding schedule probably best combined the dietary allowance for fish with the increase in water temperature during the day.

aquaculture; daily ration; feeding management

O presente trabalho investigou os efeitos de diferentes programas alimentares sobre algumas variáveis de qualidade de água e de desempenho zootécnico da tilápia do Nilo. Foram utilizados 15 aquários de 25 L para manter a população experimental por seis semanas. Foram estocados cinco alevinos (1,86 ± 0,13 g) em cada aquário (200 peixes m-3; n = 5). A dieta fornecida aos peixes e as taxas de arraçoamento adotadas foram as mesmas para todos os peixes. A ração diária foi dividida em quatro refeições (8, 11, 13 e 16h). No controle-positivo (25/25/25/25), a ração diária foi igualmente dividida nas quatro refeições; no controle-negativo (40/30/20/10), a ração diária foi desigualmente dividida de modo progressivamente decrescente (40, 30, 20 e 10%) ao longo do dia; no grupo experimental (10/20/30/40), a ração diária foi desigualmente dividida de modo progressivamente crescente (10, 20, 30 e 40%) ao longo do dia. Os resultados do fator de conversão alimentar foram melhores para 10/20/30/40 que para os outros grupos. O programa alimentar 10/20/30/40 foi aquele que provavelmente melhor combinou a oferta de dieta aos peixes cultivados com o aumento na temperatura da água durante o dia.

aquicultura; manejo alimentar; ração diária

Water quality and Nile tilapia growth performance under different feeding schedules

Qualidade de água e desempenho produtivo da tilápia do Nilo submetida a diferentes programas alimentares

Nayara Nunes Caldini; Vanessa Tomaz Rebouças; Davi de Holanda Cavalcante; Rafael Barroso Martins; Marcelo Vinícius do Carmo e Sá^* E-mail: marcelo.sa@ufc.br

Laboratório de Ciência e Tecnologia Aquícola, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus Universitário do Pici, 60356-000, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

^{Correspondence to} E-mail: marcelo.sa@ufc.br

ABSTRACT

The present study investigated the effects of different feeding schedules on certain variables of water quality and growth performance of Nile tilapia juveniles. Fifteen 25-L aquaria were used to hold the experimental fish population for six weeks. Five fingerlings (1.86 ± 0.13 g) were stocked in each aquarium (200 fish m^-3; n = 5). The diet provided to fish and the feeding rates adopted were the same for all fish. The daily ration was divided in four meals (8, 11, 13 and 16h). In the positive control group (25/25/25/25), the daily ration was equally divided in the four meals; in the negative control group (40/30/20/10), the daily ration was unevenly divided in a progressively decreasing fashion (40, 30, 20 and 10%) throughout the day; in the experimental group (10/20/30/40), the daily ration was unevenly divided in a progressively increasing fashion (10, 20, 30 and 40%) throughout the day. The feed conversion ratio results were better for 10/20/30/40 than for the other groups. The 10/20/30/40 feeding schedule probably best combined the dietary allowance for fish with the increase in water temperature during the day.

Keywords: aquaculture, daily ration, feeding management.

RESUMO

O presente trabalho investigou os efeitos de diferentes programas alimentares sobre algumas variáveis de qualidade de água e de desempenho zootécnico da tilápia do Nilo. Foram utilizados 15 aquários de 25 L para manter a população experimental por seis semanas. Foram estocados cinco alevinos (1,86 ± 0,13 g) em cada aquário (200 peixes m^-3; n = 5). A dieta fornecida aos peixes e as taxas de arraçoamento adotadas foram as mesmas para todos os peixes. A ração diária foi dividida em quatro refeições (8, 11, 13 e 16h). No controle-positivo (25/25/25/25), a ração diária foi igualmente dividida nas quatro refeições; no controle-negativo (40/30/20/10), a ração diária foi desigualmente dividida de modo progressivamente decrescente (40, 30, 20 e 10%) ao longo do dia; no grupo experimental (10/20/30/40), a ração diária foi desigualmente dividida de modo progressivamente crescente (10, 20, 30 e 40%) ao longo do dia. Os resultados do fator de conversão alimentar foram melhores para 10/20/30/40 que para os outros grupos. O programa alimentar 10/20/30/40 foi aquele que provavelmente melhor combinou a oferta de dieta aos peixes cultivados com o aumento na temperatura da água durante o dia.

Palavras-chave: aquicultura, manejo alimentar, ração diária.

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ALI, M.; HAYWARD, R. S.; BAJER, P. G.; WHITLEDGE, G. W. Maintenance/submaximum feeding schedules for reducing solid wastes and improving feed conversion in aquaculture. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, v. 41, n. 3, p. 319-331, 2010.
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CAVALCANTE, D. H.; SÁ, M. V. C. Effect of photosynthesis on Nile tilapia culture water's alkalinity. Revista Ciência Agronômica, v. 41, n. 1, p. 67-72, 2010.
CYRINO, J. E. P.; BICUDO, A. J. A.; SADO, R. Y.; BORGHESI, R.; DAIRIKI, J. K. A piscicultura e o ambiente: o uso de alimentos ambientalmente corretos em piscicultura. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, v. 39, suppl., p. 68-87, 2010.
GANDRA, A. L.; ITUASSÚ, D. R.; PEREIRA-FILHO, M.; ROUBACH, R.; CRESCÊNCIO, R.; CAVERO, B. A. S. Pirarucu growth under different feeding regimes. Aquaculture International, v. 15, n. 1, p. 91-96, 2007.
GODDARD, S. Feed management in intensive aquaculture Scarborough: Chapman and Hall, 1996.
HAI, T. N.; YAKUPITIYAGE, A. The effects of the decomposition of mangrove leaf litter on water quality, growth and survival of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798). Aquaculture, v. 250, n. 3-4, p. 700-712, 2005.
HANDELAND, S. O.; IMSLAND, A. K.; STEFANSSON, S. O. The effect of temperature and fish size on growth, feed intake, food conversion efficiency and stomach evacuation rate of Atlantic salmon post-smolts. Aquaculture, v. 283, n. 1-4, p. 36-42, 2008.
IMSLAND, A. K.; FOSS, A.; SPARBOE, L. O.; SIGURĐSSON, S. The effect of temperature and fish size on growth and food efficiency ratio of juvenile spotted wolffish. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 68, n. 4, p. 1107-1122, 2006.
SALAZAR, F. J.; SALDANA, R. C. Characterization of manures from fish cage farming in Chile. Bioresource Technology, v. 98, n. 17, p. 3322-3327, 2007.
SILVA-NETO, J. F.; TORRES, V. M.; LIMA, P. W. C.; FARIAS, W. R. L. Cultivo experimental de pós-larvas do camarão marinho Litopenaeus vannamei submetidas a três estratégias de alimentação. Revista Ciência Agronômica, v. 39, n. 3, p. 410-415, 2008.

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[1] ALI, M.; HAYWARD, R. S.; BAJER, P. G.; WHITLEDGE, G. W. Maintenance/submaximum feeding schedules for reducing solid wastes and improving feed conversion in aquaculture. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, v. 41, n. 3, p. 319-331, 2010.

[2] APHA-American Public Health Association. Standard methods for the examination of water and waste water 20th ed. New York: American Public Health Association, 1999.

[3] AZAZA, M. S.; DHRAÏEF, M. N.; KRAÏEM, M. M. Effects of water temperature on growth and sex ratio of juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus) reared in geothermal waters in southern Tunisia. Journal of Thermal Biology, v. 33, p. 98-105, 2008.

[4] CAVALCANTE, D. H.; SÁ, M. V. C. Effect of photosynthesis on Nile tilapia culture water's alkalinity. Revista Ciência Agronômica, v. 41, n. 1, p. 67-72, 2010.

[5] CYRINO, J. E. P.; BICUDO, A. J. A.; SADO, R. Y.; BORGHESI, R.; DAIRIKI, J. K. A piscicultura e o ambiente: o uso de alimentos ambientalmente corretos em piscicultura. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, v. 39, suppl., p. 68-87, 2010.

[6] GANDRA, A. L.; ITUASSÚ, D. R.; PEREIRA-FILHO, M.; ROUBACH, R.; CRESCÊNCIO, R.; CAVERO, B. A. S. Pirarucu growth under different feeding regimes. Aquaculture International, v. 15, n. 1, p. 91-96, 2007.

[7] GODDARD, S. Feed management in intensive aquaculture Scarborough: Chapman and Hall, 1996.

[8] HAI, T. N.; YAKUPITIYAGE, A. The effects of the decomposition of mangrove leaf litter on water quality, growth and survival of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798). Aquaculture, v. 250, n. 3-4, p. 700-712, 2005.

[9] HANDELAND, S. O.; IMSLAND, A. K.; STEFANSSON, S. O. The effect of temperature and fish size on growth, feed intake, food conversion efficiency and stomach evacuation rate of Atlantic salmon post-smolts. Aquaculture, v. 283, n. 1-4, p. 36-42, 2008.

[10] IMSLAND, A. K.; FOSS, A.; SPARBOE, L. O.; SIGURĐSSON, S. The effect of temperature and fish size on growth and food efficiency ratio of juvenile spotted wolffish. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 68, n. 4, p. 1107-1122, 2006.

[11] SALAZAR, F. J.; SALDANA, R. C. Characterization of manures from fish cage farming in Chile. Bioresource Technology, v. 98, n. 17, p. 3322-3327, 2007.

[12] SILVA-NETO, J. F.; TORRES, V. M.; LIMA, P. W. C.; FARIAS, W. R. L. Cultivo experimental de pós-larvas do camarão marinho Litopenaeus vannamei submetidas a três estratégias de alimentação. Revista Ciência Agronômica, v. 39, n. 3, p. 410-415, 2008.