Essentiality of dietary calcium supplement in fingerling scorpion fish (Sebastiscus marmoratus)

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“…In the current study, fish fed with the Ca-deficient diet (0.41%) showed poor growth performance and the best growth performance were observed in 1.26% dietary Ca level, which indicated that Ca is necessary for bighead carp in the current breeding water. However, high Ca diet (1.59%) resulted in poor growth performance in bighead carp which indicated high dietary Ca might have adverse effects on the growth of bighead carp, which was similar to the report that higher dietary Ca levels has been shown to adversely affect the growth and survival in channel catfish (Gatlin & Phillips, 1989), rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) (Spinelli, Houle, & Wekell, 1983), Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (Richardson, Higgs, Beams, & McBride, 1985), grouper (Ye et al, 2006) and Japanese seabass (Lateolabrax japonicas) (Song et al, 2016 significant effects on whole body ash content, which was similar with these results reported in fingerling scorpion fish (Hossain & Furuichi, 2000c), juvenile jade perch (Scortum barcoo) (Song et al, 2009), Atlantic cod (Kousoulaki et al, 2010) and juvenile grouper (Ye et al, 2006). This finding suggested that dietary Ca supplementation did not change ash content or has no effect on internal deposition.…”

“…In our study, dietary Ca supplementation had no significant effects on whole body lipid, protein and moisture. Similar results were reported in juvenile jade perch (Song et al, 2009), fingerling scorpion fish (Hossain & Furuichi, 2000c). Hossain and Yoshimatsu (2014) has reported that dietary increased Ca could also was used for building the hard tissues and other physiological functions at the developmental stage of fish, which indicated dietary Ca supplementation might be used for building hard tissues and other physiological functions in juvenile bighead carp.…”

“…Some studies have reported that whole-body protein and lipid contents were effect with dietary Ca supplementation in japanese seabass, Lateolabrax japonicas. However, dietary Ca supplementation in diet have no impact on whole body composition, such as fingerling scorpion fish (Hossain & Furuichi, 2000c), juvenile jade perch (Scortum barcoo) (Song, Mao, Wang, Zhu, & Han, 2009), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) (Kousoulaki, Fjelldal, Aksnes, & Albrektsen, 2010). Dietary supplements with an excess of Ca relative to P has an adverse impact on the growth and survival of fish, which is related to blood parameters and plasma biochemical parameters considered as convincible indicators for the physiological conditions and health status of fish in response to dietary supplements (Congleton & Wagner, 2006;Kader, Koshio, Ishikawa, Yokoyama & Bulbul, 2010;Kavitha, Ramesh, Kumaran, & Lakshmi, 2012;Davis, 2004).…”

Quantification of dietary calcium requirement of fingerling Heteropneustes fossilis based on growth, feed conversion efficiency, mineralization and serum alkaline phosphatase activity

“…Similar results in response to increasing levels of dietary calcium were observed in other fish species such as grouper (Ye et al, ); hybrid tilapia (Shiau & Tseng, ); grass carp (Liang et al, ). However, there are also reports available wherein higher than required levels of dietary calcium resulted in significantly reduced growth in scorpion fish (Hossain & Furuichi, ); African catfish (Adebayo & Omitoyin, ); and Japanese sea bass (Song et al, ).…”

Calcium and salinity as selective factors in plate morph evolution of the three‐spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

“…Fish obtain calcium in the diet and absorb dissolved calcium from the surrounding water (Lall, ). Fish reared in calcium‐free water avoid deficiency symptoms if their diet is supplemented with calcium (Robinson et al ., , ), although marine fish appear prone to calcium deficiency (Furuichi et al ., ; Hossain & Furuichi, , ,b). Restricting dissolved or dietary calcium in juvenile tilapia had the effect of substantially retarding their growth (Shiau & Tseng, ), and the same effect may be common to other teleost fishes.…”