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The effects of banana shrimp <italic>Fenneropenaeus merguiensis</italic> stocking density on water quality, growth performance, survival rate and body composition was assessed in a biofloc system with limited water exchange. The study was conducted for 32 days with an average larvae weight of 10 ± 0.85 mg in fiberglass tanks containing 120 L of water at four stocking densities. Five experimental treatments consisted of a control (density 1000 shrimps/ m3) with 50% daily water exchange and four biofloc treatments with limited water exchange (0.5% daily) at four stocking levels (1000 shrimps, T1; 2000 shrimps, T2, 3000 shrimps, T3 and 4000 shrimps, T4/ m3) were considered. According to the results, total ammonia nitrogen (0.99 mg/L) and nitrite levels showed higher amounts in the control compared with the other treatments (P&lt;0.05). Growth performance and survival rate (95.55%) in the biofloc treatment with a density of 1000 shrimps/ m3 were higher than the other treatments (P&lt;0.05). The proximate composition of shrimp body and biofloc produced in rearing tanks depended on the stocking density, so the shrimp body ash increased along with the enhancement of stocking density. The lowest amount of ash (31.53± 0.81%) and protein (26.38 ± 1.26) of bioflocs was observed in T1 treatment. The present study showed that stocking density affects the water quality, growth performance, survival rate and body composition of banana shrimp larvae in a biofloc system. More improved indices of water quality, growth performance and survival rate were observed with the least stocking density of 1000 shrimps/m3 in the limited water exchange system.
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The effects of banana shrimp Fenneropenaeus merguiensis stocking density on water quality, growth performance, survival rate and body composition was assessed in a biofloc system with limited water exchange. The study was conducted for 32 days with an average larvae weight of 10 ± 0.85 mg in fiberglass tanks containing 120 L of water at four stocking densities. Five experimental treatments consisted of a control (density 1000 shrimps/ m3) with 50% daily water exchange and four biofloc treatments with limited water exchange (0.5% daily) at four stocking levels (1000 shrimps, T1; 2000 shrimps, T2, 3000 shrimps, T3 and 4000 shrimps, T4/ m3) were considered. According to the results, total ammonia nitrogen (0.99 mg/L) and nitrite levels showed higher amounts in the control compared with the other treatments (P<0.05). Growth performance and survival rate (95.55%) in the biofloc treatment with a density of 1000 shrimps/ m3 were higher than the other treatments (P<0.05). The proximate composition of shrimp body and biofloc produced in rearing tanks depended on the stocking density, so the shrimp body ash increased along with the enhancement of stocking density. The lowest amount of ash (31.53± 0.81%) and protein (26.38 ± 1.26) of bioflocs was observed in T1 treatment. The present study showed that stocking density affects the water quality, growth performance, survival rate and body composition of banana shrimp larvae in a biofloc system. More improved indices of water quality, growth performance and survival rate were observed with the least stocking density of 1000 shrimps/m3 in the limited water exchange system.

The effects of different stocking densities on nursery performance of Banana shrimp (<italic>Fenneropenaeus merguiensis</italic>) reared under biofloc condition

Department of Fisheries Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources

Ph.D. in Aquaculture, Graduated from Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology

Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology

Annals of Animal Science

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The effects of different stocking densities on nursery performance of Banana shrimp () reared under biofloc condition

The effects of banana shrimp Fenneropenaeus merguiensis stocking density on water quality, growth performance, survival rate and body composition was assessed...

The effects of different stocking densities on nursery performance of Banana shrimp (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) reared under biofloc condition

Published Online: Oct 29, 2022

Page range: 1291 - 1299

Received: Jan 11, 2022

Accepted: Mar 02, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2022-0027

Keywords
biofloc, banana shrimp, stocking density, growth performance, biochemical composition, limited water exchange

© 2022 Mohammad Hossein Khanjani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The effects of different stocking densities on nursery performance of Banana shrimp (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) reared under biofloc condition

Published Online: Oct 29, 2022

Page range: 1291 - 1299

Received: Jan 11, 2022

Accepted: Mar 02, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2022-0027

Keywordsbiofloc, banana shrimp, stocking density, growth performance, biochemical composition, limited water exchange

© 2022 Mohammad Hossein Khanjani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
biofloc, banana shrimp, stocking density, growth performance, biochemical composition, limited water exchange