Effect of Feeding Frequency on the Growth Rate of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Abstract

Tilapia is one of the freshwater fish that has promising development potential because of its wide popularity among the community. This study aims to determine the effect of feeding frequency on growth rate, in tilapia. Sampling was carried out using a completely randomized design (CRD) using 3 treatments, namely A Feeding frequency 2 times / day treatment B Feeding frequency 3 times / day treatment C Feeding frequency 4 times / day While the parameters observed growth The number of fish used in each maintenance container was 12. The results of the study showed that feeding in treatment A produced a better growth rate of 0.397 gr / day compared to treatment A with feeding 2 times a day which had a daily growth of 0.207 gr / day and in treatment B with 3 times feeding a day with a growth rate of 0.251 per day. The results of the Tukey further test showed that the growth rate in each treatment got significantly different results, this shows that the higher the frequency of feeding given, the faster the growth rate produced.