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A comparative study on the effect of stocking density and feeding regime on the growth rate of Tilapia cameronensis and Oreochromis niloticus (Cichlidae) in fishculture in Cameroon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 1996

Jan J. Breine ,
David Nguenga ,
Guy G. Teugels  and
Frans Ollevier
Jan J. Breine
Affiliation:
Catholic University Leuven, Laboratory of Ecology and Aquaculture, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Institut de recherches Zootechniques et Vétérinaires, Foumban, Cameroon
David Nguenga
Affiliation:
Institut de recherches Zootechniques et Vétérinaires, Foumban, Cameroon
Guy G. Teugels
Affiliation:
Catholic University Leuven, Laboratory of Ecology and Aquaculture, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium (to whom all correspondence should be addressed)
Frans Ollevier
Affiliation:
Catholic University Leuven, Laboratory of Ecology and Aquaculture, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Abstract

Tilapia cameronensis fry were reared in plastic tanks and earthen ponds at the Fishculture Research Station, Foumban, Cameroon. Their growth rate was compared to that of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fry, reared under identical conditions. Different treatments were applied (food or organic manure only; food combined with organic manure); physical-chemical variables were quantified. The best growth rate was recorded for fry reared in tanks receiving both food and organic manure: the daily weight gain of T. cameronensis fry in tanks was nearly half of that of the Nile tilapia, while in ponds T. cameronensis showed a higher growth rate than O. niloticus (0.19 g.d−1 versus 0.13 g.d−1). The growth rate decreased with increasing stocking density. In another experiment Tilapia cameronensis fry were reared in aquaria at different stocking densities in a recirculated water system. The highest growth rate was recorded for fry stocked at 0.5 fish.l−1 and receiving daily a feeding rate of 15% of the total biomass. This growth rate was comparable to that of fry stocked at 0.25 fish.l−1 receiving the 5% feeding rate. The latter had the lowestFCR. Mortality due to aggressive interactions increased with decreasing stocking density.

Keywords

Tilapia cameronensisOreochromis niloticusfeedingstocking densityfishcultureCameroonTilapia cameronensisOreochromis niloticusnutritiondensité de stockagepiscicultureCameroun
Type
Research Article
Information
Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 51 - 56
Copyright
© IFREMER-Gauthier-Villars, 1996

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