KOI (CYPRINUS CARPIO) YAVRULARINDA FARKLI YEMLEME SIKLIĞININ BÜYÜMEYE OLAN ETKİSİ

Abstract

<div><!--block-->This study was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding frequencies on the growth of koi carp. Juvenile (weight: 0.015 ±0.001 g) koi carp (Cyprinus carpio) were fed two, three, and five times per day with a ration comprising “granule fish feed” equivalent to 18% of their body weight during the entire experimental period of 60 days.At the end of the experiment, the mean weight and the mean weight gain were 0.474 ±0.060, 0.494 ±0.090, 0.579 ±0.050 g; 0.459 ±0.055, 0.479±0.089, 0.564 ±0.046 g for the fish fed two, three, and five times per day, respectively. Feed conversion ratio, specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio, and survival rate were found to be 2.43 ±0.070, 2.89 ±0.340, 2.55 ±0.070, 5.73 ±0.190, 5.77 ±0.300, 6.04 ±0.090, 0.89 ±0.02, 0.75 ±0.09; 0.81 ±0.02; 70 ±11.5, 70 ±5.77, and 66.66 ±3.33; respectively. No significant differences were observed among the fish groups fed with different frequencies in terms of weight gain, feed conversion ratio, specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio, and survival rate (p&amp;gt;0.05).</div>