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Effect of the transfer at different moments of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to the biofloc system in formation

2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 479; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.06.029

1873-5622

Gabriel Francisco de Oliveira Alves, Arthur Fernandes, Érika Ramos de Alvarenga, Eduardo Maldonado Turra, Alexandre Benvindo de Sousa, Edgar de Alencar Teixeira,

Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Abstract Among the production systems used in aquaculture, biofloc systems are gaining prominence due to their need for little or no water exchange and their high stocking densities. Considering the potential of these systems for the production of tilapia, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different moments of the transfer of Nile tilapia fingerlings to the biofloc system. For this study, 1400 Nile tilapia fingerlings weighing 1.40 ± 0.04 g were distributed into 20 rectangular 150 L tanks in a completely randomized design with five treatments (Control – clear water, T1 – transition on day 1, T2 – transition on day 15, T3 – transition on day 30, and T4 – transition on day 45) and four replications. The study lasted 76 days, and the animals remained under the same control conditions until the time of transition into the biofloc system. The data obtained were subjected to analysis of variance, and the means were compared with the Student-Newman-Keuls test (p 0.05) between treatments. The final density was higher in the control treatment (17.44 kg m− 3). The densities in the T1, T2, T3 and T4 treatments were 10.20, 12.47, 12.68 and 11.49 kg m− 3, respectively. Survival did not differ according to the Kruskal-Wallis test (p Statement of relevance Considering the potential of biofloc systems for the production of tilapia, this study evaluated the effect of different transition times of juvenile Nile tilapia (O. niloticus) to this systems showing that this species did not require prior cultivation in another type of system after masculinization.