Diet
0FO 4FO 8FO 12FO SEMa
Initial fish weight (g fish1
) 15.5 14.9 16.6 16.3 2.0
Final fish weight (g fish1
) 61.7 58.4 59.6 58.8 4.9
Weight gain (g fish1
) 46.1 43.5 42.9 42.5 3.4
Specific growth rateb 1.97 1.96 1.85 1.84 0.1
Feed intake (g tank1
) 1422 1467 1411 1376 33.4
Food conversion ratioc 1.56 1.70 1.64 1.65 0.12
Survival (%) 100 97 100 100 100
a Pooled standard error of mean. b Specific growth rate, SGR = (ln initial weightln final weight)/t. c Food conversion ratio, FCR = g dry food fed/g wet weight gain. d No significant differences observed at P < 0.05.
A.