Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2019

June 19 - 21, 2019

Chennai Tamil Nadu - India

FATTENING OF MUD CRAB, Scylla serrata USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF NATURAL FOOD

Reymark Catanpatan, Nursalyn Amlani, Jaisa Datu ali and Cherry Nian*
Aquaculture Department, College Of Fisheries
Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography
Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
cherrynian82@gmail.com
 

The study was conducted to determine the effects of different types of natural food on the growth and survival performance of mud crab, Scylla serrata in Completely Randomized Design (CRD). There were two (2) dietary treatments used, namely; chopped Sardinella fish (T1) and Terebralia shell meat (T2) and eight (8) replicates in each treatment for 15 days fattening period. Results showed that there were no significant differences among treatment diets (p<0.05). Results of the feeding trial also exhibited that in T1 the initial weight, final weight, weight gain, feed conversion ratio and specific growth rate obtained higher with 140.75±11.9g, 157.13±12.7, 16.38±8.1g, 13.9±3.1, 0.74±0.4% and lowest in feed intake of 102.9±8.2g, respectively than T2 (p<0.05). However, results showed statistically similar survival rate of mud crab among all treatments. Thus, Terebralia shell meat could partially replace the trash fish that could also promote better growth of mud crab, Scylla serrata.