By: Nadiah W. Rasdi, Mhd Ikhwanuddin, Syamimi Azman, Murni Karim, Fadhil Syukri and Atsushi Hagiwara

Article Prepared By: Farah Izana binti Abdullah

There has been high demand in aquaculture for live feed as a starter feed for fish and crustacean larvae. The Moina sp is a potential live-feed species due to its availability in most of the natural water resource, high nutritional value and the potential to replace other types of zooplankton, which are commonly used in aquaculture, such as Artemia. This study aims to compare the survival, growth, and proximate analyses of Penaeus monodon larvae fed with different enriched Moina sp. The Penaeus monodon larvae, which are fed on Moina sp were enriched with different formulas, comprising yeast, canola oil, Nannochloropsis sp, and Chlorella sp. The highest specific growth rate of P. monodon was recorded when fed with Moina-enriched yeast with a survival rate of 91.78%. Overall, the Moina-enriched yeast displayed the best result compared to other enrichment methods, especially towards the biochemical compositions of the shrimp. Furthermore, the use of yeast as an enrichment for Moina sp indirectly assisted the industry of aquaculture in reducing the cost of production, including conserving time and labour.

Web: https://jssm.umt.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2021/07/Article-5-16.3.pdf 

Date of Input: 18/04/2022 | Updated: 06/10/2022 | m_fakhrulddin