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Effects of stocking densities of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) with the inclusion of silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) in C/N-CP prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879) culture pond

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The effects of stocking density of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus with the inclusion of silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix were evaluated in the C/N-CP prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii farming system in triplicate. Management practices were same for all treatments. Bamboo side shoots were posted vertically into the pond bottoms as a periphyton substrate. A locally formulated and prepared feed containing 15.44% crude protein with a C/N ratio 15 were applied twice daily in all ponds. Maize flour was supplied in water for raising the C/N ratio 20 in all treatments. Water quality parameters, except transparency and chlorophyll a, did not differ significantly (P > 0.05) among the treatments. The periphytic abundance and biomass differed significantly (P < 0.05) among the treatments and even among different months. Although the individual harvesting weight, individual weight gain, and SGR were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the T10000 treatment compared to T15000 and T20000 treatments, respectively, the gross and net yields of tilapia were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the treatment T20000 followed by T15000 and T10000 treatments resulting in higher combined gross and net yield of both prawn and tilapia (16.05 and 16.92%, 32 and 33.59% from the later two treatments, respectively) with a higher economic return (BCR 0.53) during a 122-day culture period. As a whole, the study revealed that prawn, tilapia, and silver carp with a stocking density at 30,000, 20,000, and 1250 ha−1, respectively, was found to provide an optimum and sustainable production as well as economic benefit in the C/N-CP-based culture system.

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The authors are grateful to the field staff of Fisheries Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, for their kind assistance during sampling and feeding of fishes and prawns.

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This research was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.

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    M. Rezoanul Haque, M. Ashraful Islam & Md Afzal Hossain

  2. Ecopond Project, World Fish Center, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

    Zohura Khatun

  3. Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh

    Md Abdul Wahab

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Haque, M.R., Islam, M.A., Khatun, Z. et al. Effects of stocking densities of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) with the inclusion of silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) in C/N-CP prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879) culture pond. Aquacult Int 26, 523–541 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-017-0229-8

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