Abstract
This study compared the effects of diets consisting of moist pellet (MP), frozen food (FF) and live food (LF) on the growth, feed utilization and whole body composition on the mandarin fish Siniperca scherzeri. Three replicated groups of 45 fish each (initial mean weight 106 g) were fed one of three experimental diets for 12 weeks. At the end of the feeding trial, weight gain and specific growth rate of fish fed the FF and LF diets were higher than those of fish fed the MP (P0.05). Feed efficiency of fish fed the FF and LF were higher than those of fish fed the MF (P0.05). Proximate composition of fish were not affected by diets (P0.05). Plasma chemical composition of fish were not affected by diets (P0.05). This suggests that frozen food (FF) can be suitable to feed growing mandarin fish.
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