Biofloc technology system for improvement of the survival, growth, biochemical composition and physiology of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus burchell 1822) juveniles

• Main Author: Babatunde, Dauda Akeem
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Aquaculture - Environmental aspects - Case studies; Clarias gariepinus - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Catfishes - Africa
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76180/1/FP%202018%2079%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76180/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Biofloc technology system (BFT) is an in situ low-cost water quality management technique. It works on the principle of stimulating heterotrophic bacteria to convert the toxic nitrogenous waste into potentially consumable biomass. This has been successfully applied in shrimp and tilapia aquaculture....