Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2013.1781.1785Oreochromis niloticus) Fed with Homemade Feed in Earthen Mini Ponds]]>AhmedG.U. SultanaN. ShamsuddinM. HossainM. Belal 1220131623Field experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth performance of monosex tilapia using homemade feed with Peninsula Group fish meal and commercially available feed with local fish meal in earthen mini ponds from June-September 2010. Three ponds (T1) were supplied with prepared feed and the other three ponds (T2) with commercially available fish feed. Fish were fed at the rate of 10% of their body weight for the first thirty days then gradually reduced to 6% for the next ten days, 2% for the next ten days and 3% for remaining days. The temperature were ranged from 31.5-33.0°C, DO from 5.5-15 mg L-1 in T1 and 6.5-14 mg L-1 in T2, pH from 7.1-8.0 in T1 and 7.1-7.7 in T2, alkalinity from 105-160 mg L-1 in T1 and 100-145 mg L-1 in T2, nitrate was 0.06 mg L-1 in both treatments and ammonia from 0.02 and 0.04 mg L-1 in T1 and T2, respectively. The results of the present study showed that the best weight gain was observed as 123.48 g in T1 than T2 (111.82 g). The Specific Growth Rate (SGR) was recorded 3.09 and 2.97 and the Food Conversion Ratio (FCR) was 1.51 and 1.40 in T1 and T2, respectively. There was significant (p<0.05) variation among the survival rate (%) of fishes which were 75.55 and 90.37% in T1 and T2, respectively. The fish productions were 19076 and 16312.11 kg ha-1 in T1 and T2. The highest net profit (Taka/ha/70 days) of Tk. 15, 83,213 was obtained with T1. So, the prepared feed showed better performance with monosex tilapia in compared with commercial fish feed with local fish meal.]]>Akhteruzzaman, M.,1998253943Al Mahmud, N., M.D.R. Hasan, M.B. Hossain and M.H. Minar,201212556560Azim, M.A., M.R. Islam, M.B. Hossain and M.H. Minar,2012Sillaginopsis panijus (Perciformes: Sillaginidae).]]>11559562Cao, T.B., C.K. Lin and H. Demaine,1998Oreochromis niloticus (L.) in North Vietnam (part 1)-Formulation of supplemental diets.]]>1998Chowdhury, M.B.R., M. Muniruzzaman and M.N. Uddin,1991Oreochromis niloticus.]]>11-132325Cruz, E.M. and I.L. Laudencia,1998Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings.]]>33438De Silva, S.S. and F.B. Davy,19925129144Diana, J.S., C.K. Lin and Y. Yi,199627410419Green, B.W.,1992101213222Hasan, M.R., A.K.M. Haque, M.A. Islam and E.U.M.K. Khan,199227381Hossain, M.A., R. Roy, S.M. Rahmatullah and A.H.M. Kohinoor,2004Oreochromis niloticus) fed on formulated diet.]]>2127133Hussain, M.G., A.H.M. Kohinoor, M.S. Islam, M.A. Hossain, M.M. Dey and M.A. Mazid,2000Oreochromis niloticus L. in pond and cages under different farming conditions in Bangladesh.]]>15273280Hussain, M.G., A.H.M. Kohinoor, M.S. Islam, S.C. Mahata and M.Z. Ali et al.,2000Oreochromis niloticus L., under on-station and on-farm conditions in Bangladesh.]]>13117126Hussain, M.G., M.A. Rahman, M. Akhteruzzaman and A.H.M. Kohinoor,1989Oreochromis niloticus (L.) under semi-intensive system.]]>125965Kohinoor, A.H.M., A.K.M.S. Islam, D.A. Jahan, M. Zakir and M.G. Hussain,2007Anabas testudineus) (Bloch) under different stocking densities at on farm.]]>11173180Shamsuddin, M., M.B. Hossain, M.M. Rahman, M. Asadujjaman and M.Y. Ali,201246872Soltan, M.A., M.A. Hanafy and M.I.A. Wafa,2008Oreochromis niloticus L.) diets.]]>2157164Thakur, N.R. and P. Das,1996Anabas testudineus (Bloch).]]>1996