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Effect of Chlorella vulgaris on nutrition composition of fingerling tilapia
(Oreochromis niloticus)
Nur Syakira Bt Azhar
Supervisor: Dr Helena Khatoon
Bachelor of Science in Agrotechnology (Aquaculture)
School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences
Nutrition in fish production was important to produce a healthy and high quality fish.
In fish feeding, nutrient represent 40-50% of production cost. This study was
conducted to determine the nutrition composition of Tilapia using different type of
diet. Three different types of feed were used such as commercial diet, 100% Chlorella
vulgaris diet and mix diet (50% commercial diet + 50% Chlorella vulgaris). This study
was conducted for 21 days in 40 L unchlorinated water with 15 fingerling of Tilapia in
each tank. Results indicated that commercial diet has the highest composition of
carbohydrate. While, protein and lipid content in Chlorella vulgaris diet had highest
composition than other diet. For Tilapia, lipid and carbohydrate composition content
were highest when fed with commercial diet while protein was highest in mix diet. In
conclusion, commercial diet is more preferable for Tilapia diet because contained high
nutrition for Tilapia as its diet.
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