Growth performance and feed utilization

	Dietary CHO/L ratios
	0.13	0.40	0.76	1.25	1.88
FBW²	36.94 ± 0.65^a	36.93 ± 1.29^a	36.59 ± 1.36^a	37.48 ± 1.83^a	31.45 ± 0.15^b
Daily FI³	1.42 ± 0.01	1.42 ± 0.17	1.48 ± 0.25	1.47 ± 0.12	1.77 ± 0.10
WG%⁴	9204 ± 163^a	9202 ± 325^a	9115 ± 342^a	9340 ± 460^a	7822 ± 38^b
FCR⁵	0.73 ± 0.00^b	0.73 ± 0.05^b	0.69 ± 0.03^b	0.75 ± 0.04^b	0.90 ± 0.03^a
PPV⁶	47.05 ± 0.37^a	46.21 ± 3.26^a	48.67 ± 2.04^a	45.89 ± 1.95^a	36.90 ± 1.44^b
Survival %	64 ± 1	64 ± 4	72 ± 2	62 ± 6	73 ± 5

¹Treatment means (± SEM) represent the average values of three tanks per treatment, and values within the same row with different letters are signiﬁcantly (P < 0.05) different.
²FBW: Final mean body weight (g).
³Daily Feed Intake: 100 × feed offered/average total weight/days.
⁴Weight Gain: 100 × (ﬁnal mean weight - initial mean weight) / initial mean weight.
⁵Feed Conversion Ratio: g dry feed / g weight gain (included the dead fish).
⁶Protein Productive Value: 100 × retained protein (g) / protein fed (g).

Table 2: Growth performance and feed utilization of early giant grouper Epinepheluslanceolatus juveniles fed diets contained different CHO/L ratios for 8 weeks¹.