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

Table 4

The effect of astaxanthin extracted from H. pluvialis on A. ocellaris skin color parameters (a, b, and H values).

a	Treatment	Week
		0	2	4	6	8
—	Control	34.13 ± 7.70^B,a	34.00 ± 5.63^B,a	32.40 ± 5.06^D,a	34.90 ± 5.55^C,a	31.50 ± 6.21^C,a
—	AH100	34.80 ± 5.36^B,c	37.90 ± 5.28^B,bc	41.00 ± 6.29^C,b	48.80 ± 2.79^B,a	49.97 ± 6.90^B,a
—	AH200	39.00 ± 7.94^B,c	51.33 ± 6.33^A,b	51.03 ± 3.47^B,b	58.90 ± 3.53^A,a	58.57 ± 4.20^A,a
—	AH400	39.97 ± 6.54^B,c	51.20 ± 5.97^A,b	56.67 ± 4.05^A,a	58.73 ± 4.84^A,a	58.67 ± 3.94^A,a
—	As200	55.93 ± 4.01^A,a	56.10 ± 3.89^A,a	54.73 ± 5.09^AB,a	55.80 ± 3.76^A,a	53.57 ± 5.13^AB,a
b	Treatment	Week
		0	2	4	6	8
—	Control	61.70 ± 4.52^A,a	58.20 ± 2.44^A,ab	61.10 ± 2.68^A,ab	60.67 ± 4.18^A,ab	57.40 ± 5.47^AB,b
—	AH100	61.43 ± 4.71^A,a	54.97 ± 4.38^B,b	56.30 ± 3.34^B,b	57.00 ± 2.67^AB,b	58.87 ± 4.80^AB,ab
—	AH200	61.33 ± 3.51^A,a	60.00 ± 3.95^A,a	59.43 ± 4.23^AB,a	58.20 ± 3.46^AB,a	59.93 ± 2.60^A,a
—	AH400	55.53 ± 5.78^B,a	58.40 ± 2.60^A,a	58.10 ± 2.57^AB,a	55.90 ± 4.33^B,a	56.37 ± 2.74^AB,a
—	As200	59.93 ± 3.55^A,a	59.83 ± 3.17^A,a	56.87 ± 5.04^B,ab	55.70 ± 4.73^B,ab	55.30 ± 5.90^B,b
H	Treatment	Week
		0	2	4	6	8
—	Control	61.38 ± 4.58^A,a	59.88 ± 3.62^A,a	62.19 ± 3.31^A,a	60.21 ± 3.42^A,a	61.41 ± 3.92^A,a
—	AH100	60.59 ± 2.91^AB,a	55.55 ± 2.17^B,b	54.13 ± 3.49^B,b	49.44 ± 1.48^B,c	49.80 ± 3.19^B,c
—	AH200	57.84 ± 4.64^B,a	49.57 ± 2.95^C,b	49.33 ± 2.14^C,b	44.66 ± 1.46^C,c	45.70 ± 2.12^C,c
—	AH400	54.41 ± 2.45^C,a	48.90 ± 2.73^CD,b	45.75 ± 2.03^D,c	43.59 ± 1.56^C,cd	43.88 ± 1.40^C,d
—	As200	46.99 ± 2.23^D,a	46.87 ± 2.04^D,ab	46.11 ± 1.90^D,ab	44.92 ± 1.74^C,b	45.88 ± 2.08^C,ab

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 ().