Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2024

July 2 - 5, 2024

Surabaya, Indonesia

EFFECT OF MICROALGAE Tetraselmis chui (BUTCHER, 1959) ADDITION ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF NILE TILAPIA Oreochromis niloticus (LINNAEUS, 1758) REARED IN LOW SALINITY BIOFLOC SYSTEM

Wa Iba1,2 *, Neneng Wahyuni¹, Muhaimin Hamzah1 , Michael A. Rice2

1  Aquaculture Department Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences University of  Halu Oleo .   Jl. HEA Mokodompit Kampus Bumi Tridharma Anduonohu Kendari 93232  South East Sulawesi Indonesia.  Telp/Fax (0401) 3193782

2 9 East Alumni Ave., Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, College of Environmental and Life Sciences University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881 USA

*Corresponding email: wa.iba@uho.ac.id



In this study, the growth and survival of tilapia cultured in a low salinity biofloc system with added microalgae was investigated. Increasing salinity in tilapia culture was done by gradually adding sea water into acclimatization container (618 L, v) on weekly basis for 4 weeks until 9 psu salinity was reached. Tilapia were allowed to adapt to salinity change for one week and fed with commercial feed twice a day until satiation. The biofloc experiment was conducted with 3 microalgal density treatments (5, 15 and 25 × 10 4 cells. mL-1 ) in triplicates. Average initial weight of experimental fish was 4.82 ± 0.76 g. Tilapia were reared for 40 days in aquaria (35 × 35 × 40 cm, l × w × h, 15 L, v) containing 8 individuals fish in each aquarium. The commercial pellets were delivered twice per day at 5% of tilapia biomass until satiation.   T. chui  was added to the tilapia culture every week. This study showed that the addition of microalgae did not affect the fish weight gain, specific growth rate and survival. However, feed conversion ratio and culture productivity were better in tilapia supplied with weekly addition of T. chui at 15 × 104 cells mL-1 compared to other densities tested.