Aquaculture Research

Research Article

The Effect of Dietary Supplementation with Haematococcus pluvialis for Enhanced Pigmentation in Amphiprion ocellaris

Table 3

The effect of H. pluvialis algae powder on A. ocellaris skin color parameters (a, b, and H values).


a	Treatment	Week
a	Treatment	0	2	4	6	8	10

—	Control	40.00 ± 4.99^A,ab	36.13 ± 5.40^B,abc	41.13 ± 6.37^B,a	33.20 ± 6.70^D,c	35.47 ± 5.20^C,abc	34.13 ± 7.70^B,bc
—	H100	40.67 ± 3.53^A,ab	37.33 ± 3.49^B,bc	42.20 ± 5.64^B,a	36.63 ± 6.43^CD,bc	37.43 ± 3.68^C,bc	34.80 ± 5.36^B,c
—	H200	41.73 ± 8.50^A,a	37.27 ± 6.19^B,a	39.87 ± 6.80^B,a	39.00 ± 6.39^BC,a	37.37 ± 6.23^C,a	39.00 ± 7.94^B,a
—	H400	42.87 ± 6.38^A,a	40.93 ± 5.53^B,a	43.80 ± 6.05^B,a	42.67 ± 6.05^B,a	43.07 ± 5.86^B,a	39.97 ± 6.54^B,a
—	As200	41.50 ± 5.69^A,d	46.93 ± 3.51^A,c	53.43 ± 4.06^A,ab	53.00 ± 2.41^A,ab	51.63 ± 5.43^A,b	55.93 ± 4.01^A,a

b	Treatment	Week
b	Treatment	0	2	4	6	8	10

—	Control	69.20 ± 3.40^A,a	66.50 ± 4.11^A,ab	66.40 ± 6.68^AB,ab	63.43 ± 4.94^AB,bc	62.30 ± 3.78^A,bc	61.70 ± 4.52^A,c
—	H100	68.67 ± 3.18^A,a	66.67 ± 3.31^A,ab	65.43 ± 2.29^AB,b	63.57 ± 3.69^AB,bc	63.63 ± 2.12^A,bc	61.43 ± 4.71^A,c
—	H200	70.77 ± 2.89^A,a	68.10 ± 7.41^A,ab	68.23 ± 3.52^A,ab	66.00 ± 4.66^A,abc	64.30 ± 6.30^A,bc	61.33 ± 3.51^A,c
—	H400	70.30 ± 2.25^A,a	67.40 ± 3.65^A,ab	63.50 ± 6.28^B,bc	64.50 ± 3.75^A,bc	62.53 ± 4.32^A,c	55.53 ± 5.78^B,d
—	As200	70.27 ± 2.15^A,a	65.43 ± 3.61^A,b	62.83 ± 2.75^B,bc	60.53 ± 2.66^B,c	60.57 ± 4.42^A,c	59.93 ± 3.55^A,c

H	Treatment	Week
H	Treatment	0	2	4	6	8	10

—	Control	60.00 ± 3.49^A,ab	61.45 ± 4.72^A,ab	58.25 ± 3.86^AB,b	62.54 ± 4.35^A,a	60.46 ± 3.03^A,ab	61.38 ± 4.58^A,ab
—	H100	59.35 ± 2.93^A,ab	60.76 ± 2.56^A,a	57.27 ± 3.80^AB,b	60.19 ± 3.85^A,ab	59.56 ± 2.76^A,ab	60.59 ± 2.91^AB,a
—	H200	59.67 ± 5.37^A,a	61.22 ± 4.63^A,a	59.78 ± 4.94^A,a	59.51 ± 4.11^AB,a	59.90 ± 3.78^A,a	57.84 ± 4.64^B,a
—	H400	58.72 ± 4.23^A,a	58.80 ± 3.30^A,a	55.46 ± 2.85^B,b	56.64 ± 3.15^B,ab	55.57 ± 2.72^B,b	54.41 ± 2.45^C,b
—	As200	59.51 ± 3.86^A,a	54.35 ± 2.44^B,b	49.67 ± 1.40^C,c	48.79 ± 1.18^C,cd	49.61 ± 2.56^C,c	46.99 ± 2.23^D,d

Data are means ± SD, n = 5. a represents red. b represents yellow. H represents hue. Means in the same column with different letters (A, B, C, and D) are significantly different (). Means in the same line with different letters (a, b, c, and d) are significantly different ().