A. Gurumoorthy, K. Ramamoorthy*, G. Sankar, T. Manikandarajan, B. Sathiya Priya and S. Sivaraj
Aquarium fishes are well-liked by everyone because of their magnificent coloration and graceful movement. Fish that are colored in nature often get faded under intensive culture conditions where the chance of revitalizing the carotenoid sources is tine. To study the skin color change the present study, experiments (Amphiprion ocellaris) culture were made for 60 days in six tanks as five groups used mainly algae. Five different types of formulating feeds were prepared using four different natural carotenoid sources viz., Damask rose (Rosa damascena), Hibiscus (Rosa-sinensis), red algae (Gelidiella acerosa) Brown algae (Cystoseria trinodis) collected from natural sources and commercially available Kashmir saffron (Crocus sativus) also used. Control feed (Feed without pigment extracts). One set of control and four set of experimental groups were maintained for colour enhancement analysis. All fishes were fed three a day with one control with five different experimental feeds. From this study, it is concluded that the natural colour enhancer feeds can be prepared at a lower cost using low coast available sources for pigments enhancement in ornamental fishes.
Published Date: 2024-07-19; Received Date: 2019-11-28
