The Possibility of Replacing Corn Meal with Coconut Waste on the Growth Performance of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) Muhammad Fikri Abdul Hadi (a), Roshani Othman (a), Dzulkarnain Ahmad (a), Intan Faraha A Ghani (a)
(a) Faculty of Engineering and Life Sciences, University Selangor, Jalan Timur Tambahan, 45600 Batang Berjuntai, Selangor
Abstract
The development of aquaculture industry in Malaysia often faces high feed cost approximately 70-80% of total production cost. One of the reason is the usage of corn meal which is expensive and the development of using plant waste as alternative, has received interest in the aquaculture industry. Hence, this study investigated the replacement of corn meal with different percentages of coconut waste to assess the growth performance of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. The study design used 5 treatments and 3 replications. Treatments included control (0% coconut waste in the feed), P1 (10% coconut waste in feed), P2 (20% coconut waste in feed), P3 (30% coconut waste in feed) and P4 (40% coconut waste in feed). To determine the suitability of using coconut waste in this feed, the growth performance was determined based on feed consumption, absolute body weight, feed conversion and survival rate of the fish. Proximate analysis of the formulated feeds was also conducted. Result shows that formulated feed using 30% of coconut waste could possibly replace the corn meal and increase the growth of juvenile African catfish.
Keywords: Aquaculture, Formulated Feed, Fish Feed, Sustainable, Clarias gariepinus
Topic: Aquatic Ecology and Conservation (International)
