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Tilapia cage farming
The presence of abundant natural food in the water partly ensures a good growth of the fish even without supplemental feeding. During the fry-to-fingerling stage, Nile tilapia feed on plankton - tiny free-floating plants ...
- September 30, 1985
Feeds and feeding
Prawn larvae begin to eat the moment they become protozoea which feed on some of the most commonly cultured phytoplankton. These are Skeletonema, Chaetoceros, and Tetraselmis.
- November 27, 1985
Pond planning - II
Soil is an important factor in fishpond productivity because of its ability to absorb and release the plant nutrients needed by phytoplankton which is the natural food of fish. It is the main and most economical source of ...
- September 9, 1985
Phytoplankton
Making the fish feed on the natural food organisms in the aquatic environment is the least expensive way of rearing. In Laguna de Bay, as much as 4.5 kilograms of algae accumulate in cages after two weeks. Diatoms (navicula, ...
- February 5, 1986