The utilization of three aquatic plants as alternative feed for Tilapia nilotica cultured in an earthen pond

• Main Author: Ilano, Adrian S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1993
• Subjects: Tilapia; Feeds; Aquatic plants; Fishes > Feeding and feeds; Fish-culture; Weeds as feed
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1139
• Institution: De La Salle University

Tilapia nilotica fingerlings were stocked at a density of 20 fish/m3 in fixed net cages for 90 days in a pond in Imus, Cavite. These were reared using three formulated feeds of 35 percent crude protein content prepared from three aquatic weeds namely: Azolla sp., Eichornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth)...