Abstract:
One of the approaches to improve the aquaculture production is through the
enrichment of the live food for the better growth of fish larvae (early life stage). The
nutrition uptake of the fish larvae is very important to determine the quality of the adult
fish. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the effects of enriched Artemia
nauplii on the better growth of the freshwater fish larvae (African catfish, Clarias
guriepinus). Besides, measure the water quality in the different culture media and
evaluated the survival and growth rate of African catfish larvae. Larvae of Cf arias
gariepinus, were fed with Artemia enriched fish oil, palm oil and com oil formulated feed
with one control (just the Artemia without enrichment). Feeding protocol was 5 times
daily with 15 days intervals. There were three replicates for each treatment, 12 plastics
aquarium (20 liter freshwater capacity). The culture site was 2000 of Artemia nauplii per
one fish larvae
