performance

Parameters	Stocking densities (fish/m³)
Parameters	T₅₀	T₇₅	T₁₀₀	T₁₂₅
Initial length (cm)	9.15 ± 0.05^a	9.16 ± 0.06^a	9.17 ± 0.05^a	9.16 ± 0.04^a
Final length (cm)	23.10 ± 6.17^a	21.84 ± 5.81^b	20.72 ± 6.52^b	18.48 ± 7.96^c
Initial weight (g)	15.20 ± 0.15^a	15.21 ± 0.14^a	15.21± 0.13^a	15.20± 0.14^a
Final weight (g)	255.53 ± 16.36^a	227.24 ± 15.05^b	206.36 ± 14.06^c	172.62 ± 14.89^d
Weight gain (g)	240.33 ± 5.86^a	212.03 ± 4.73^b	191.15 ± 3.68^c	157.42 ± 3.92^d
Weight gain (%)	1581.12 ± 6.32^a	1394.02 ± 7.16^b	1256.74 ± 7.55^c	1035.70 ± 9.23^d
Average daily weight gain (g)	2.01^a	1.76^b	1.59^c	1.31^d
Specific growth rate (%)	2.35^a	2.25^b	2.17^c	2.02^d
Feed conversion ratio (FCR)	1.81^c	1.92^b	1.97^b	2.05^a
Survival rate (%)	96.8^a	92.6^a	91.2^a	83.1^b
Gross fish yield (kg/cage/120 days)	223^a	284^b	339^c	323^c
Net fish yield (kg/m3/120 days)	12.4^a	15.8^b	18.8^c	17.9^c

Values are means from triplicate groups (n=3) of fish where the values in each row with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05)
Table 3: Growth performance, survival, feed utilization and yield of monosex tilapia in cages after 120 days of experimental period..