Vol. 7, Special Issue 6 (2019)
Effect of dried vegetable powder (broccoli) on growth and reproductive performance of black molly (P. sphenops)
Author(s): Kashish Bhardwaz, Bhartendu Vimal, Swapna Choudhary, Preeti Handa Kakkar, Priyashi and Himanshu Singh
Abstract: Ornamental fish breeding and growing are an important sector of aquaculture, which shows increased demand, income and occupations within country in recent years. In this present study, the effect of broccoli powder on growth performance and fertility rate of black molly (P.sphenops) was assessed. 130 brooders molly were distributed into 12 glass aquarium at 10fish/tank in triplicate. Three different diets containing varying levels of broccoli powder were prepared and fed to fishes twice daily at 5% of their body weight for 60 days. The mean weight and mean length of brood fish at the beginning of the experiments were calculated to study the mean specific growth rate and the number, size and weight of spawn after breeding in T0, T1, T2, and T3 respectively. At the end of the experimental trial the mean number of spawn was 10.20±2.52, 11.28±3.59, 7.57±5.03, 10.33±3.33, the mean length of spawn was 0.75±0.04cm, 0.86±0.05cm, 0.642 ± 0.409cm, 0.853±0.044cm, the mean weight of spawn was 0.03±0.01g, 0.02±0.01g, 0.03±0.02g, 0.02±0.01g, and the mean specific growth rate (SGR) was found 0.092, 0.085, 0.097, 0.089 in T0, T1, T2, and T3 respectively. The observation made in the present investigation shows that Broccoli can act as a phytoestrogenic compound that can act as a potential as well as a natural additive to fish feed in ornamental fish industry to augment the fertility rate.
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Kashish Bhardwaz, Bhartendu Vimal, Swapna Choudhary, Preeti Handa Kakkar, Priyashi and Himanshu Singh. Effect of dried vegetable powder (broccoli) on growth and reproductive performance of black molly (P. sphenops). International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2019; 7(6): 470-475.
