Effect of C/N ratio on water quality in zero-water exchange tanks and the biofloc supplementation in feed on the growth performance of crucian carp, Carassius auratus

Effect of different water biofloc contents on the growth and immune response of gibel carp cultured in zero water exchange and no feed addition system

“…These results demonstrated that bioflocs could provide major part of nutrients for gibel carp culture. Accordingly, bioflocs have been reported to partially meet nutritional requirements and serve as an effective feed for Nile tilapia and shrimp (Azim & Little, ; Wang, Yu, et al., ). Further studies are needed to evaluate whether use of bioflocs can release the aquaculture feeding stress and improve economic benefits for aquatic animals.…”

“…The WG, SG and survival were only −42.45%, −19.61% and 50% in control BF0‐NF group at day 30 (Table ). This study was conducted using bioflocs under zero water exchange and no feed addition conditions so the growth rates are lower compared to other studies using biofloc supplementation in feed (Wang, Yu, et al., ). The good growth performance of gibel carp could be achieved by uptaking rich nutrients from bioflocs (Tables and ), so biofloc could be considered as food sources.…”

Growth Performance of Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Biofloc-Based Super Intensive Culture Added with Bacillus sp.

“…In this study, protein content of biofloc was also increased in line with Bacillus sp., concentration, the highest was 34.06% in treatment C. It is indicated that the catfish effectively consume the biomass of biofloc with Bacillus sp., cells addition. Several previous studies suggested that biofloc was able to enhance the growth of tilapia (Avnimelech, 1999(Avnimelech, , 2007, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Asaduzzaman et al, 2008), vanname shrimp (Xu et al, 2012;Ju et al, 2008b;Kuhn et al, 2009Kuhn et al, , 2010Burford et al, 2004), tiger shrimp (Anand et al, 2014) and crucian carp (Wang et al, 2015).…”

Effect of dietary phosphorus levels on growth and body composition of crucian carp, Carassius auratusunder indoor and outdoor experiments

“…Crucian carps cultured in enclosures living in the bottom of the water might eat detritus (composed of bacteria, protozoa, metazoan and faeces, etc.) as additional food (Wang et al 2015). Relatively higher growth rate and nutrient utilization in enclosures could be due to the presence of natural food in the enclosures, and higher growth rate resulted in higher P requirement as it was discussed earlier (Benstead et al 2014).…”