Abstract:
Lampam jawa (puntius gonionotus) Javanese carp is from Indonesia and convenient
to culture (Keith, 1978). This species is convenient to culture. The culture of Puntius
gonionotus was carried out at the Freshwater Hatchery, University Malaysia
Terengganu (UMT). The fish was prepared from Manir, Kuala Terengganu as local
supplier. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different feed additives
(percentage of carrot) on growth rate parameters such as specific growth rate (SGR),
survival and pigmentation of lampam jawa, as well as determination of protein
content of pellet and fish tissue in different treatments. The important water quality
variables (pH, DO and temperature) were measured during the trial. Four treatments
were used for this study and all fishes were fed with four different diets (Control,
Diet I, Diet 2 and Diet 3) during 8 weeks period. The analysis of SGR indicated
significant difference in growth of fish between all dietary groups (P<0.05). This
study showed that Diet 3 (30% of carrot) was the best diet in growth improvement of
Jampam jawa. Analysis of moisture, ash and lipid were not influenced the survival
and growth of Puntius gonionotus. But, the percentage of crude protein content in
tissue was higher in Diet 3. The ANOVA analysis showed a significant difference of
crude protein in tissue from all dietary groups (P<00.5). Species of Puntius
gonionotus did not respond to colour pigmentation
