Mean initial weights

PARAMETER	Treatment 1 (0% salt)	Treatment 2 (1.0% salt)	Treatment 3 (1.5% salt)	Treatment 4 (2.0% salt)
Initial Weight(g)	12.46 ± 0.19^a	12.34 ± 0.09^a	12.24 ± 0.24^a	12.26 ± 0.11^a
Final Weight(g)	16.32 ± 0.99^a	17.19 ± 0.19^b	18.69 ± 0.22^c	15.93 ± 0.19^a
Weight gain (g)	3.86 ± 0.86^a	4.84 ± 0.41^b	6.45 ± 0.38^c	3.67 ± 0.15^a
Weight gain/day(g)	0.05 ± 0.01^a	0.06 ± 0.01^b	0.07 ± 0.003^c	0.05 ± 0.003^a
SGR (%)	0.33 ± 0.06^a	0.41 ± 0.04^b	0.52 ± 0.03^c	0.32 ± 0.01^a
FCR	1.77 ± 0.06^a	1.51 ± 0.06^b	1.44 ± 0.08^c	1.87 ± 0.09^a
Survival (%)	97.7 ± 0.5	94.8 ± 0.8	96.2 ± 0.9	95.5 ± 0.7

Means in the row sharing the same superscript letter are not significantly different (P>0.05).

Table 4: Mean initial weights, daily weight gain, Feed conversion ratio (FCR), Specific growth rate (SGR %/day) of Oreochromis shiranus raised on different salt (NaCI) diets in 100 L tanks: (Mean ± SE).