Research Article

Productivity and Elemental/Chlorophyll Composition of Collard Greens in an Aquaponic System at Different Combinations of Media and Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Frass Supplementations

Table 3

Mean (±SE) growth performance, feeding efficiency, and survival of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) juveniles cultured in an aquaponic system receiving black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae frass supplementations or none after 10 weeks.

No frassFrass-value

Final weight327.0 ± 35.5324.3 ± 16.20.949
Weight gain (%)154.6 ± 47.9152.6 ± 12.60.762
Total feed intake (kg)5.60 ± 0.515.16 ± 0.320.512
FCR1.37 ± 0.091.32 ± 0.070.709
Survival100.0 ± 0.0100.0 ± 0.0

Statistics on survival could not be performed due to no variability.