Culture System for Oreochromis niloticus
 Main ref.
 104
 Country
 Saudi Arabia
 Name of Farm
 KACST Fish Culture Project, Riyadh
 Year
 1986
 Latitude
 
 Altitude (m)
 
 Longitude
 
 Type of culture
 monoculture
 Sex of fish (m)
 mixed sex
 Culture system
 experimental static tanks
 
 With pumped drainage H2O
 Production units
 2
 Area (ha)
 0.001
 Depth (m)
 
 Volume3
 
 Main water source
 sewage
 Supplemental water source
 
 
Temp (0C)
Salinity
pH
Oxygen (mg/I)
Oxygen (%)
Alkalinity
(mg/I CaCO3)
 Max
 31.8
 3.9
 7.3
 6.1
 
 285
 Min
 28.5
 3.5
 6.8
 4
 
 233
 Mod
 30.2
 3.7
 7.1
 5.1
 
 259
 Description of culture system
 Drainage water was pumped directly in the tanks. A flow-through system was maintained with a flow-rate of 1l/min/kg which is adjusted every two weeks.
 Nutrient inputs
 Main food
 only added feed
 Feed quantity
 
 (% BW/D):
 
 Feed quality (% crued protein)
 
 Fertilizer input (N)
 
                        (P)
 
 Description of Nutrient input
 A commercial feed with 34.2% dietary protein was fed to the fish at 3% body weight per day. Feeding was daily for the initial 4 weeks and rate was subsequently adjusted according to new biomass.
 Production
 Unit cycle
 
 Production period
 164
 Production cycle
 4
 Comments
 
 
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