Effects of different types of commercial feeds on the culture performance of tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) fingerlings / Elvira A. Bandillo, Maria Meliesse H. Roguel, Clarize Mae M. San Jose

Experimental Research Methodology

Thesis BSF University of Rizal System. Cardona 2016

The study aimed to determine the Effects of different types of commercial feeds on the culture performance of tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) fingerlings and was conducted to identify the appropriate type of commercial feeds and their effects on the growth performance of tilapia in terms of weight, length, survival rate and feed conversion ratio. There were three different types of commercial feeds used in three different treatments; the first treatment used fry mash where it is usually fed to very small fry when it starts feeding until reaches 20g in ABW, second treatment used crumbles where it is given to fingerlings when it fits the mouth of the fish. It is not uniform in size and broken shapes, and third treatments used pellets 1.0 where it is the most appropriate form of feed to tilapia. It can be efficiently recovered by the fish when given. Commercial feeds utilized to evaluate the effects of different types of commercial feed on the culture performance of tilapia Effects of different types of commercial feeds on the culture performance of tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) fingerlings for the period of 60 days from December 11, 2015 to February 8, 2016. A total of one hundred thirty five (135) fingerlings (0.56 g to 1.5) of tilapia were utilized in the study which was equally divided in three replication to nine (9) plastic basins (banyera). Each confinement has fifteen (15) fingerlings stocked. Feeding of stock was done twice a day at 9:00 AM to 3:00 Pm with 10%. Weight of tilapia was recorded in 10 days interval while the result of the 10 days observation was recorded. In terms of weight, treatment III obtained the highest weight gain of 3.0 g while treatment II has obtained a weight gain of 2.0g. And treatment I obtained a weight gain 1.8 g. There was significant difference in terms of average weight gained of Tilapia fed of different types of commercial feeds. The highest length gain was 3.4 cm obtained in treatment III while Treatment I, Tilapia obtained a length gain of 3.1 cm, while treatment II obtained a length gain of 2.5 cm. therefore, there was significance difference between treatment II and treatment III while treatment I was no significance difference in different types of commercial feeds fed in tilapia fingerling in terms of highest length. The highest survival rate was obtained in treatment III with 84.45%. Next was treatment I with the survival rate of 82.23% followed by Treatment II with the survival rate of 80.01%. Therefore, there is no significant difference in terms of survival rate of tilapia fed with mash, crumbles and pelletized form of commercial feeds. The Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) attained treatment III was 2.3 while tilapia fed pellets followed by treatment I where tilapia fed with fry mash obtained FCR of 3.4, while treatment II obtained of 3.0. Among the three treatment, tilapia fed with pelletized form got the good result compare to fry mash and crumbles. The results of the study revealed that among the three commercial feeds on the growth of tilapia, pelletized form got the highest percentage.

Bandillo, E. A., Roguel, M. H. and San Jose, C. M. (2016). Effects of different types of commercial feeds on the culture performance of tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) fingerlings. Cardona: University of Rizal System.