This study aims to assess the level of degradation of palm oil mill effluent (POME) contamination as a medium for growing kale and catfish in a bucket fish cultivation system. This study used a completely randomized design consisting of four treatments and three replications. The treatments in this study were variations in the concentration of POME added to the culture media consisting of Control (0 mg.L-1), A (1,565 mg.L-1), B (2,347 mg.L-1), and C (3,130 mg.L-1). The test fish used were 5-7 cm catfish, 20 fish per bucket obtained from a local BBI, while the kale used was obtained from commercially sold seeds. Budikdamber maintenance time was conducted for 30 days and then analyzed by ANOVA. The parameters examined included the degradation rate of COD, TSS, phosphate, nitrate, and ammonia, pH, DO, and temperature of the cultivation media. The results showed that there was a decrease in COD, phosphate, nitrate and ammonia levels with increasing LCKS concentration, while TSS degradation showed a decrease with increasing POME concentration. The 3,130 mg.L-1 treatment, although showing a significant decrease in DO levels and an increase in pH, was still within the range allowed in fish cultivation. This indicates that the budikdamber system is less effective in decomposing the POME content and maintaining aquaculture water quality parameters.
Palm oil mill effuent (POME) has the potential to become an environmental pollutant if left unutilized. This study aims to examine the effect of POME on catfish and water spinach growth in the bucket fish culture system (budikdamber). This research was conducted in August-November 2021, and comprises of acclimatization of fish, seeding, POME media preparation, rearing, observation, and data analysis. This study used a completely randomized design, consisting of four treatments and three replications. The treatments was the POME concentrations, consisting of Control (0 mg.L−1), A (1.565 mg.L−1), B (2.347 mg.L−1), and C (3.130 mg.L−1). The fish used were catfish measuring 5-7 cm totaling 20 fish/bucket, while the plant used was seedlings measuring 2-3 cm. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA at 95% confidence level. The research parameters included the catfish Specific Growth Rate (SGR) and Survival Rate (SR), along with the height, number of branches, and leaves of water spinach. The results showed that the concentration of 3.130 mg.L−1 caused significant differences in fish and plant growth parameters. SGR of catfish decreased significantly at concentrations of 2.347 and 3.130 mg.L−1, meanwhile, SR of catfish was not significantly different. Concentrations of 1.565, 2.347, and 3.130 mg.L−1 showed a significant increase in height, branches, and leaves number of water spinach plants.
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