Growth and survival of hybrid catfish fingerlings under three dietary treatments in concrete tanks

Effects of Different Physiological Saline Concentrations on the Reproductive Performance of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

“…The result showed that fertilization could take place without the use of physiological saline solution, but performance was better when a physiological saline solution was used (Table 1 and Figure 1). Our results are in line with those reported by other authors (Nwadukwe, 1993;Haylor, 1993;Orji et al, 1997). For example, Orji et al (1997) reported egg fertilization in physiological saline solutions from 0 to 1%, with 0.4% being the most ideal.…”

“…The wide choice of the African catfish in aquaculture is ascribed to its various culture qualities such as good growth performance; resistance to disease; high fecundity; ability to survive in captivity (Borode et al, 2002). However, the constraint faced in commercial aquaculture in Nigeria is the inadequate production of good quality and quantity of seeds (Nwadukwe et al, 1993). African catfish fingerlings are produced commercially by inducing breeding techniques either with the use of synthetic hormone or crude pituitary extracts.…”

Growth Response of African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) Fed Dietary Inclusion Levels of Green Leaf (Amaranthus cruentus)

“…It is an economically important food fish cultured primarily in fresh water ponds in tropical countries (Babalola and Apata, 2006). C gariepinus exhibits many qualities which make it suitable for commercial culture, these include its rapid fast growth, tolerance in regards to poor water quality conditions and high fish yield with great economical benefits, has a high survival rate under culture conditions and readily accepts artificial feeds (Nwadukwe and Ayinla, 2004). Other qualities that With the introduction of tank culture cum flow through, enhanced by water recirculation systems, there has been a considerable increase in production of fish per unit area throughout the federation.…”

Influence of Stocking Density on Growth and Survival of Post Fry of the African Mud Catfish, Clarias gariepinus

“…The fish is widely cultured by both trained and untrained smallholder, medium and large-scale farmers. Other attributes that make C. gariepinus a first 'choice' farming fish and highly relished by consumers include biological (high food conversion ratio, fast growth rate, readily accepting artificial feeds, ease of artificial propagation, disease resistance), social (good market price, good table food quality) and ecological reasons (tolerance to wide range of environmental conditions) [6][7][8].…”