EFFECTS OF HONEY ON SURVIVAL AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF Clarias gariepinus (BURCHELL, 1822) FINGERLINGS

Abstract

Effects of honey on survival and growth performance of C. gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) fingerlings were
investigated. The experiment constituted of T1 (0ml/g): Control; T2 0.1ml of honey/g of feed); T3 0.2ml of honey/g
of feed; T4 0.3ml of honey/g of feed; T5 0.4ml of honey/g of feed and three replicates using complete randomized
design (CRD). Data collected analyzed using one-way analysis of variance to test for significant difference
(P<0.05) on survival and growth performance, means separation was done by Duncan's Multiple Range Test.
The results showed that treatment T2 (0.1ml/g) had the highest mean survival rate (95.33 %) and was significantly
different (P<0.05) compared to control (T1). Similarly, T2 (0.1ml/g) was significantly different (P<0.05) from T4
(0.3ml/g) and T5 (0.4ml/g) at (P<0.05). Survival rate of fingerlings decreased with increased honey
concentrations. Growth parameters such as weight gain (2.26g), percentage weight gain (80.74%), specific
growth rate (1.01%), SLI (6.38cm) showed that treatment T2 (0.1ml/g) had the highest growth performance and
was significantly higher than that of control (T1) (0ml/g) at (P<0.05). This study showed that honey in fish diets
improved survival and growth performance of C. gariepinus fingerlings. Therefore, recommended that honey can
be incorporated in fish diets in aquaculture.
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