Treatments

T1 Fed with Lemna Sp.

T2 Fed with Azolla filiculoides

T3 Fed with Alfalfa

T4 Supplemented Pellet with 35% protein

T5 Supplemented Pellet with 25% protein

Growth Indices

Initial weight (g)

15.35 ± 0.27^a

15.81 ± 0.33^a

15.77 ± 0.23^a

15.31 ± 0.62^a

14.79 ± 0.43^a

Final body weight (g)

25.31 ± 0.37^b

20.85 ± 0.84^c

45.61 ± 0.95^a

20.68 ± 0.45^c

16.71 ± 0.27^d

Body weight increased (g)

9.96 ± 0.1^b

5.04 ± 0.53^c

29.83 ± 0.75^a

5.37 ± 0.83^c

1.92 ± 0.44^d

Initial length (cm)

11.53 ± 0.21^a

11.3 ± 0.11^a

11.4 ± 0.1^a

11.2 ± 0.2^a

11.3 ± 0.36^a

Final length (cm)

15.7 ± 0.11^b

14.4 ± 0.0^c

17.2 ± 0.44^a

14.43 ± 0.58^c

12.7 ± 0.17^d

Body length increased (cm)

4.2 ± 0.1^b

3.07 ± 0.11^c

5.8 ± 0.35^a

3.23 ± 0.25^c

1.4 ± 0.26^d

Specific growth rate for weight (% BWday-1)

0.55 ± 0.0^b

0.31 ± 0.02^c

1.18 ± 0.01^a

0.33 ± 0.05^c

0.14 ± 0.03^d

Feed Conversion Ratio (%)

35.29 ± 0.59^b

62.18 ± 4.29^a

15.61 ± 0.25^c

15.3 ± 0.09^c

37.2 ± 2.78^b

Feed Conversion efficiency (%)

0.3 ± 0.01^b

0.2 ± 0.01^b

0.6 ± 0.0^a

0.7 ± 0.0^a

0.02 ± 0.01^b

Condition Factor

0.65 ± 0.01^b

0.7 ± 0.03^c

0.9 ± 0.06^a

0.69 ± 0.01^b

0.82 ± 0.02^d

Daily growth ratio (g)

0.11 ± 0.0^b

0.06 ± 0.01^c

0.33 ± 0.01^a

0.06 ± 0.01^c

0.02 ± 0.0^d

Survival rate (%)

94.28 ± 4.28^a

94.28 ± 4.28^a

98.09 ± 2.18^a

94.28 ± 4.28^a

79.99 ± 5.71^b