Healthy juveniles of F . merguiensis were collected from a local
estuary at Zadgaon, Ratnagiri and brought to the Department of
Zoology where laboratory experiments were conducted. 20
prawns each were stocked in plastic troughs of 20 liters capacity .
Diet was given twice a day at the rate of 10 % body weight.
Growth in terms of % Body Weight Gain (BWG), Food Conversion
Ratio (FCR), Food Conversion Efficiency (FCE) and % Specific
Growth Rate (SGR) was calculated. Prawns from each trough
were weighted every week and biochemical analysis was done
monthly .