Culture System for Oreochromis niloticus
 Main ref.
 1725
 Country
 Philippines
 Name of Farm
 BFAR satellite station, southern Luzon (E1)
 Year
 1993
 Latitude
 
 Altitude (m)
 
 Longitude
 
 Type of culture
 monoculture
 Sex of fish (m)
 mixed sex
 Culture system
 experimental ponds
 
 BFAR station (E1)
 Production units
 1
 Area (ha)
 0.1287
 Depth (m)
 
 Volume3
 
 Main water source
 
 Supplemental water source
 
 
Temp (0C)
Salinity
pH
Oxygen (mg/I)
Oxygen (%)
Alkalinity
(mg/I CaCO3)
 Max
 27
 
 
 
 
 
 Min
 29
 
 
 
 
 
 Mod
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Description of culture system
 BFAR satellite station located in the lowlands near Laguna Lake, southern Luzon. Standard management and fertilization.
 Nutrient inputs
 Main food
 in-situ production
 Feed quantity
 
 (% BW/D):
 
 Feed quality (% crued protein)
 
 Fertilizer input (N)
 
                        (P)
 
 Description of Nutrient input
 Inorganic fertilizer (16-20-0) at 50 kg/ha chicken manure at 1000 kg/ha every second week.
 Production
 Unit cycle
 
 Production period
 90
 Production cycle
 315
 Comments
 Collected from Egypt (May, 1988).
 
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