Abstract:
In order to study effects of aquaponics system of
Carassius auratus red Variety-
Ipomoea aquatica Forssk on feeding rate of
Carassius auratus red Variety,
Ipomoea aquatica Forssk floating bed coverage was 0(group
A, control group), 30%(group
B)and 50%(group
C), and 3 replicates were set up in each group.Feeding rate was calculated every 5 days as a feeding rate cycle.On the 25th day, water samples were taken to detect water quality indexes including total ammonia nitrogen(TAN), nitrite nitrogen(NO
2−-N)and nitrate nitrogen(NO
3−-N).Results showed that there was no significant difference in feeding rate among groups
A,
B and
C in the first and second phases of experiment(
P>0.05).In the third phase, feeding rate of groups
B and
C was higher than that of group
A, among which, group
C > group
B > group
A(
P>0.05).In the fourth phase, feeding rate of group
C was significantly higher than that of groups
A and
B(
P<0.05), and that of group
B was higher than that of group
A, but difference was not significant(
P>0.05).In the fifth phase, there were significant differences in feeding rate among all groups, group
C > Group
B > group
A(
P<0.05).TAN concentration was group
C > group
B > group
A(
P<0.05).Concentrations of NO
2−-N and NO
3−-N were group
C > Group
B > group
A(
P>0.05).Weight gain rate of
Carassius auratus red Variety and specific growth rate of fish in groups
B and
C were significantly higher than those in group
A(
P<0.05), and growth rate of length of
Ipomoea aquatica Forssk in group
C was significantly higher than that in group
B(
P<0.05).In conclusion, aquaponic system was more beneficial to increase feeding rate of
Carassius auratus red Variety, and the 50% floating bed coverage system was more beneficial to increase feeding rate of
Carassius auratus red Variety.