Rearing silver therapon Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Teleostei: Terapontidae) larvae using euryhaline rotifers as starter food
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The silver therapon Leiopotherapon plumbeus is an important but dwindling freshwater food commodity in Philippine freshwater habitats. The influence of feeding regimes on growth performance and survival of first-feeding silver therapon larvae fed euryhaline rotifers (Brachionus rotundiformis and B. plicatilis) as starter food was examined. Larvae at 2 days post-hatch (DPH) (1.93 ± 0.07 mm; 200 larvae/basin) were initially reared on rotifers for 12 days followed by Artemia nauplii from 14 to 35 DPH as follows: (A) B. rotundiformis from 2-13 DPH; (B) B. rotundiformis from 2-7 DPH and Moina micrura from 8-13 DPH; and (C) B. plicatilis from 2-13 DPH. After 35 days of rearing, mean survival rates were significantly higher in larvae fed B. rotundiformis (69.2%) than those co-fed B. rotundiformis and M. micrura (34.6%) or B. plicatilis alone (26.3%). Higher ingestion rates were observed for B. rotundiformis-fed larvae (1.6 ± 0.5 to 4.4 ± 0.5 ind larvae-1) than larvae fed B. plicatilis (0.0 to 3.2 ± 0.8 ind larvae-1) during the critical initial feeding stage. However, larvae fed B. plicatilis (20.75 ± 0.48 mm) were significantly longer than those fed B. rotundiformis alone (15.62 ± 0.40 mm) or co-fed B. rotundiformis and M. micrura (18.57 ± 0.58 mm). The fastest growth was observed in larvae fed B. plicatilis, with length increment (LI) and specific growth rate (SGR) of 18.8 mm and 6.8% day-1, respectively. Eye diameter, head length, snout length and pre-anal length increased but were not affected when larvae were fed two rotifer species. These results demonstrate that feeding euryhaline rotifer B. rotundiformis from 2 to 13 DPH followed by Artemia is a suitable feeding regime for better survival of silver therapon larvae under laboratory rearing conditions.
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Aya, F., Nillasca, V. S. N., & Garcia, L. M. (2021). Rearing silver therapon Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Teleostei: Terapontidae) larvae using euryhaline rotifers as starter food. Philippine Agricultural Scientist , 104(4), 388-395. http://hdl.handle.net/10862/6284
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