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Effects of different feeding regimes on growth, survival and feed conversion of hatchery‐reared juveniles of the gastropod mollusc spotted babylon Babylonia areolata (Link 1807) in flowthrough culture systems
Author(s) -
Chaitanawisuti N.,
Kritsanapuntu A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1999.00366.x
Subject(s) - biology , hatchery , juvenile , zoology , body weight , fishery , feed conversion ratio , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , endocrinology
The effects of feeding regimes on the growth, survival and feed conversion of hatchery‐reared juvenile spotted babylon Babylonia areolata (Link) were assessed. Six continuous and discontinuous feeding regimes were fed at satiation to triplicate groups of snails in 200‐L flowthrough (3.0 L h –1 ) indoor rectangular tanks for 180 days. Shell length growth rates of juvenile B. areolata did not differ significantly ( P > 0.05) between the various feeding treatments. Body weight gain and feed conversion of snails were not significantly different between various feeding treatments, nor were there significant differences in mean survival between any of the feeding treatments.