Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography
Open Access

Research Article

Evaluating Water Quality Parameters for Tank Aquaculture of Cat Fish in Cameroon

University of Buea, molyko to Buea town Rd, Buea, Cameroon.

*Corresponding Author:

Njieassam ES
University of Buea
molyko to Buea town Rd
Buea, Cameroon
Tel: +237677160363
E-mail: stanley_emann@yahoo.co.uk

Received Date: June 15, 2015; Accepted Date: July 29, 2016; Published Date: August 05, 2016

Citation: Njieassam ES (2016) Evaluating Water Quality Parameters for Tank Aquaculture of Cat Fish in Cameroon. J Ecosys Ecograph 6:203. doi:10.4172/2157- 7625.1000203

Copyright: © 2016 Njieassam ES. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

The water quality parameters were evaluated for feasibility of aquaculture in Catfish Clarias gariepinus for 56 days fishe of standard length 63.000 ± 2.361 mm were stocked in equal numbers in fifteen rectangular plastic tanks of size (0.32 m × 0.45 m × 0.24 m) in three replicates per treatment with water level maintained at 3/4 full. The water quality values were taken twice a week and recorded till the end of the experiment. The paired sample correlation was used to compare while the non-parametric tests were used to compare the significant differences for the four treatment groups. At the end of the 56 days study period, the non-parametric Spearman’s Rho test also gave a negative correlation between weights gained and dissolved oxygen values for all treatments and within weeks.

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