Effect of probiotic and sand filtration treatments on water quality and growth of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and pangas (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in earthen ponds of southern Bangladesh

Sultan Mahmud; Mohammad Lokman Ali; Md Ariful Alam; Md Mizanur Rahman; Niels O. G. Jørgensen

doi:10.1080/10454438.2016.1188339

Effect of probiotic and sand filtration treatments on water quality and growth of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and pangas (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in earthen ponds of southern Bangladesh

Sultan Mahmud, Mohammad Lokman Ali, Md Ariful Alam, Md Mizanur Rahman, Niels O. G. Jørgensen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology

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Abstract

Effects of water treatment by two probiotic products (PondPlus® and AquaPhoto®) and sand filtration were studied on growth performance of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and pangas (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) stocked at tilapia:pangas ratio of 5:3 in traditional earthen ponds in Bangladesh. The fish were stocked at a density of 20,000 fish ha⁻¹ and reared for 7 months. Compared to untreated ponds, treatments of probiotic products or sand filtration in earthen ponds resulted in a higher O₂ content, higher water transparency, less ammonium, and fewer cyanobacteria. Weight gain for individual tilapia was lowest in the AquaPhoto-treated ponds (177 g), while similar gains (188–194 g) occurred in the other ponds. For pangas, the lowest weight gain (627 g) was obtained in the sand filter-treated ponds, as compared to 690–797 g in the other ponds. Thus, a general positive effect from the treatments on fish growth was not observed, possibly due to a reduced content of detritus (supplementary feed for both fish species) in the treated ponds.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Applied Aquaculture
Volume	28
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	199-212
Number of pages	14
ISSN	1045-4438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2016.1188339
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Growth
phytoplankton
probiotics
sand filtration
water quality

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Mahmud, S., Ali, M. L., Alam, M. A., Rahman, M. M., & Jørgensen, N. O. G. (2016). Effect of probiotic and sand filtration treatments on water quality and growth of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and pangas (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in earthen ponds of southern Bangladesh. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 28(3), 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2016.1188339

Effect of probiotic and sand filtration treatments on water quality and growth of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and pangas (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in earthen ponds of southern Bangladesh. / Mahmud, Sultan; Ali, Mohammad Lokman; Alam, Md Ariful et al.

In: Journal of Applied Aquaculture, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2016, p. 199-212.

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