Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2024

July 2 - 5, 2024

Surabaya, Indonesia

EFFECTS OF MICROALGAE AND SALINITY ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF PEARL OYSTER Pteria penguin (RODING, 1798) LARVAE

Phung Bay1* , Pham Viet Nam  1 and Ton Nu My Nga2  

1Research Institute for Aquaculture No. III, Vietnam

2 Institute of Aquaculture, Nha Trang University, Vietnam

    Email:bayphg@yahoo.com

 



 This paper reports improved techniques for  seed  production of  the winged pearl oyster , Pteria penguin, by evaluating the  effects of various microalgae mixtures and salinity on growth and survival of oyster veligers. In the first experiment,  D-stage  veliger  larvae were reared in  conical fiberglass tanks and  fed  various combinations of microalgae: (1)  Dicteria sp. and Nannochloropsis oculata (1:1); (2) Isochrysis galbana and  Dicteria sp.; (3) Isochrysis galbana and Nannoch loropsis oculata; and  (4)  Nannochloropsis oculata, Isochrysis galbana  and  Dicteria sp.  (1:1:1). The experiment was  conducted  for 19 days with three replicate tanks per treatment . In the second experiment, 1-day  old veliger larvae  were reared at salinities of 24, 27, 30 and 33 for a period of 19 days.  Each salinity  was randomly assigned to 3 replicate tanks .  The larvae were fed once a day with  a combination of Nannochloropsis oculata , Isochrysis galbana and Dicteria sp. at a concentration of (3,000 cells/ml of each  species of algae). R esults  of the first experiment  showed that larvae fed  Nannochloropsis oculata, Isochrysis galbana  and  Dicteria  sp.  (1:1:1)  obtained the largest length (199.94 ± 0.01 µm) ,  a mean  daily growth rate (D GR)  of 13.14 ± 0.26 µm/day  and survival  of 19.5 ± 1.6 %) (P<0,05 ).  In the second experiment, salinity significantly affected  growth (shell length) , DGR  and survival  of pearl oyster larvae (P< 0.05) , with  larvae  cultured  at 30 gaining the highest shell length, DGR and surviv al. L arvae  cultured at 24 had the lowest shell length, DGR and survival.