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VOL. 2, ISSUE 6 (2017)
Evaluation of water quality in biofloc and non biofloc systems of pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)
Authors
Kavitha K, Suneetha K, Darwin CH, Selvakumar P, Muddula Krishna N, Govinda Rao V
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out to understand the water quality parameters viz., Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Salinity, pH, Alkalinity, Hardness, Nitrite-nitrogen, Nitrate-nitrogen and Ammonia in two treatments A1 (=Biofloc technology) and A2 (=Non biofloc/control) with triplicates at Madanur village of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Temperature ranged from 27 ºC to 29 ºC in the ponds. Dissolved oxygen ranged from 5.89 to 8.6 mg/l. Minimum values of dissolved oxygen (5.6 to 7.8 mg/l) were recorded in A2 treatments and maximum at A1 (5.8 to 8.6 mg/l) treatments. Low salinity (5.0 ppt) was observed in A2 tanks and high in A1 (8.0 ppt). pH varied from 7.0 to 8.5. The alkalinity ranged from 70 to 230 mg/l minimum (70 mg/l) and maximum (230 mg/l) were observed in non biofloc treatments. The hardness values ranged from 1850 to 2460 mg/l. The nitrite-nitrogen was minimum (0.01 mg/l) in A1 tanks and maximum (2.3 mg/l) in A2 tanks. The nitrate- nitrogen was minimum (20-60mg/l) in non biofloc treatments and maximum (50-150 mg/l) in biofloc treatments. The ammonia values were (0.05 to 2.0 mg/l), maximum concentration (2.0 mg/l) was observed in A2 treatments and minimum (0.12 mg/l) in A1 tanks.
Pages:14-17
How to cite this article:
Kavitha K, Suneetha K, Darwin CH, Selvakumar P, Muddula Krishna N, Govinda Rao V "Evaluation of water quality in biofloc and non biofloc systems of pacific white shrimp, <em>Litopenaeus vannamei </em>(Boone, 1931)". International Journal of Advanced Educational Research, Vol 2, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 14-17
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