Weaning Age Effects on Larval Performance of Clownfish (Amphiprion perculaLacepede, 1802)

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Issue: Vol. 15 No. 5 (2017)

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Dung, T., & Trang, T. (2024). Weaning Age Effects on Larval Performance of Clownfish (Amphiprion perculaLacepede, 1802). Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 15(5), 582–589. http://testtapchi.vnua.edu.vn/index.php/vjasvn/article/view/382

Weaning Age Effects on Larval Performance of Clownfish (Amphiprion perculaLacepede, 1802)

Tran Van Dung (*) 1 , Tran Thi Le Trang 1

  • 1 Viện Nuôi trồng Thủy sản, Trường đại học Nha Trang

    • Keywords

    Orange clownfish, Amphiprion percula, Artemia, formulated diet, weaning

    Abstract


    The effect of weaning from conversion of live food (Artemia nauplius) to pellets on growth and survival of clownfish larvae (0 - 60 days old) was evaluated in this study. The same weaning regime was applied to larvae at day 14, 18, 22, 26 and 30 after hatching. The results showedthat clownfish larvae could start digesting pellets effectively from day 18 after hatching and still achieved optimal growth and survival rate. However, the use of the pellets at the earlier stage (day 14) caused a decrease in growth compared to weaning day 22, 26 and 30 post hatching (P < 0.05). The starting time of weaning had no significant effect on survival rate, ranging from 52.2 to 57.8% (P > 0.05). The use of pelletsreduced the period of weaning to 18 days post hatching as compared to30 days using Artemia nauplius,thereby improvingthe economic and technical efficiency in larval rearing.

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