Abstract
Experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth response of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fed varying levels of plantain peel based diets. 150 Clarias gariepinus fingerlings with mean body weight 2.6±0.1g were assigned to five diets (CP = 40%) in which plantain peel meal replaced maize at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% respectively in a completely randomized design. The trial fish were fed at 5% body weight daily for a period of 72 days. Data collected showed that body weight gain increased with increase plantain peel meal in the diet (p 0.05) difference in feed conversion ratio among the treatments. All the fish fed the test ingredient performed better than the control group; hence, plantain peel meal could be recommended as a dietary supplement in the diets of African catfish.
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