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Growth and Feed Performances of the Nile Tilapia During the Fattening Stage Under Restricted Feeding in Biofloc Culture

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries 2023 4 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 35 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
M. A. Elnady et al.

Summary

Researchers evaluated the growth performance and feed efficiency of Nile tilapia raised in biofloc culture under restricted feeding rates of 1.2%, 1.4%, and 1.6% of biomass during the fattening stage, assessing how feeding restriction affects growth outcomes and water quality in the biofloc system.

The Nile tilapia was raised in biofloc culture to evaluate growth performance during the fattening stage and water quality dynamics. The current experiment was designed to test the effect of rearing tilapia under different restricted feeding rates amounted to 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6% of fish biomass compared to that of the control treatment, with a feeding level of 2.0% in biofloc culture. Treatments were equally replicated in duplicate tanks per treatment.

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