A study comparative of rearing of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) with the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in three earthen ponds (5,600 m^2) with the salinity ranged from 0.5-1.2 ppt and th...A study comparative of rearing of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) with the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in three earthen ponds (5,600 m^2) with the salinity ranged from 0.5-1.2 ppt and three treatment ponds with salinity of 2-4 ppt by adding brine water into the ponds. Postlarvae 12 (PL12) of L. vannamei were stocked at density of 9 PL/m^2 and after one week the Nile tilapia fingerlings were stocked at density of I fish/m^2. Only pelleted feed were given to the fish during the 196-day rearing period. Shrimps were partially harvested by sieve net at day 80 and 120, and five days later PLI2 were stocked at the rate of 3 PL/m^2. After final harvesting at day 196, the production, body weight and survival from the treatment group were significantly higher (P 〈 0.05) than those of the control group. While the fish production body weight and survival rate from both groups were not significant differences (P 〉 0.051). The ionic concentration of six major ions (CI, SO42, Ca^2+, Na^+, Mg^2+ and K^+), salinity and hardness in the treatment ponds were significantly higher than those of the control ponds (P 〈 0.05). Moreover, the ionic profiles of the treatment ponds were similar to seawater at the salinity of 2 ppt while only 1 ppt in the control ponds. Results from the study indicated that in order to achieve good growth and survival rate of L. vannamei, brine water should be added into grow-out ponds prior to stocking and during the rearing: period to obtain and maintain the salinity not less than 2 ppt.展开更多
文摘A study comparative of rearing of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) with the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in three earthen ponds (5,600 m^2) with the salinity ranged from 0.5-1.2 ppt and three treatment ponds with salinity of 2-4 ppt by adding brine water into the ponds. Postlarvae 12 (PL12) of L. vannamei were stocked at density of 9 PL/m^2 and after one week the Nile tilapia fingerlings were stocked at density of I fish/m^2. Only pelleted feed were given to the fish during the 196-day rearing period. Shrimps were partially harvested by sieve net at day 80 and 120, and five days later PLI2 were stocked at the rate of 3 PL/m^2. After final harvesting at day 196, the production, body weight and survival from the treatment group were significantly higher (P 〈 0.05) than those of the control group. While the fish production body weight and survival rate from both groups were not significant differences (P 〉 0.051). The ionic concentration of six major ions (CI, SO42, Ca^2+, Na^+, Mg^2+ and K^+), salinity and hardness in the treatment ponds were significantly higher than those of the control ponds (P 〈 0.05). Moreover, the ionic profiles of the treatment ponds were similar to seawater at the salinity of 2 ppt while only 1 ppt in the control ponds. Results from the study indicated that in order to achieve good growth and survival rate of L. vannamei, brine water should be added into grow-out ponds prior to stocking and during the rearing: period to obtain and maintain the salinity not less than 2 ppt.