Effects of Different Aquafeed Sources on Growth Performance, Oxidative Capacity, and Fatty Acid Profile of Three Carps Reared in the Semi-Intensive Composite Culture System
Table 2
Influence of different commercial diets on physiochemical properties of the ponds water.
Parameter
Dietary treatments1
SEM2
p-Value
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
Water temperature (°C)
22.35
22.29
22.25
22.13
22.31
22.14
22.30
22.42
3.502
1.00
Magnesium (mg/L)
40.27
40.02
42.60
41.20
42.25
41.00
41.12
41.87
1.742
0.80
Calcium (mg/L)
21.58a
21.46a
21.41a
21.01a
20.63b
22.13a
23.68a
23.58a
1.052
0.03
Hardness (mg/L)
218.17
216.08
223.92
217.33
220.58
219.33
219.58
230.08
6.926
0.56
Bicarbonates (mg/L)
377.75
405.88
403.67
402.50
427.46
405.67
399.14
400.70
15.68
0.18
Carbonates (mg/L)
65.83
66.08
64.83
67.08
70.00
71.67
70.00
66.75
4.53
0.76
Alkalinity (mg/L)
443.58b
471.96b
468.50b
469.58b
497.46a
477.33b
467.81b
459.33b
14.55
0.04
pH
8.29
8.19
8.30
8.22
8.32
8.25
8.17
8.18
0.08
0.46
Dissolved oxygen (mg/L)
6.58
6.96
6.88
6.19
6.92
6.98
6.96
6.86
0.51
0.77
Total solids (mg/L)
1,490.99
1,491.70
1,461.13
1,493.46
1,517.73
1,503.14
1,492.11
1,466.00
25.67
0.41
TDS3 (mg/L)
1,383.33
1,376.67
1,352.50
1,371.25
1,393.42
1,389.92
1,400.00
1,385.83
23.20
0.57
Note. 1Dietary treatments = (D1–D8) feeds of different sources, 2SEM = standard error of means, and 3TDS = total dissolved solids. a−eSuperscripts indicate the significant differences among means within a row.