Fish Food Organisms

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Dr. Sagarika Swain

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Course Name: Fish Food Organisms

Code(Credit):FSAQ2109(1-1-0)

Course Objectives

It deals with the introduction to phytoplanktons and zooplanktons as fish food organisms and their culture techniques

Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate the culture practices of phytoplanktons and zooplanktons as food for fishes

Course Syllabus

Theory
1. Introduction to live food organisms
2. Importance of live food organisms
3. Culture of brine shrimp
4. Biology and culture of diatoms
5. Biology and culture of tubifex and chironomids
6. Culture of Rotifer
7. Culture of Infusoria
8. Culture of cladocerons
9. Culture of earthworms
10. Culture of bait fish

References

Practical

1. Methods of collection and identification of different live food organisms.
2. Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (green algae),
3. Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (spirulina)
4. Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (chetoceros)
5. Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (rotifer)
6. Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (Moina)
7. Decapsulation and hatching method of brine shrimp cyst

References

1. FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER-361, Patrick Lavens and Patrick Sorgeloos

2. Watanabe, T. and Kiron, V. 1994. Prospects in larval fish dietetics. Aquaculture, 124: 223-251.

3. Guillame, J., Kaushik, S., Berqot P., and Metallier, R., 2001. Nutrition and feeding of fish and crustaceans, Springer Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK.

4. Halver J.E. 1989. Fish Nutrition, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

5. Training Manual on Culture of Live Food Organisms for Aquahatcheries (1998), CIFE, Mumbai. Pages 5-16.

Session Plan

Session 1

1. Introduction to live food organisms

Live feed

live feed in aquaculture

Session 3

Practical - Methods of collection and identification of different live food organisms

Session 4

Practical - Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (green algae)

Session 5

Practical - Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (spirulina)

Session 6

Session 7

Practical - Decapsulation and hatching method of brine shrimp cyst

Session 9

Practical - Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (chetoceros)

Session 10

Biology and culture of tubifex and chironomids
Biology and culture Tubifex and Chironomid (Microworm

Tubifex culture

Session 11

Culture of Rotifer
Culture of rotifer

Rotifer culture

Session 12

Practical - Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (rotifer)

Session 13

Session 14

Session 15

Practical - Laboratory scale culture of selected live food organisms (Moina)

Session 16

9. Culture of earthworms
Earth warm culture

Earthworm culture

Session 17

10. Culture of bait fish
Culture of Bait fish

Culture of bait fish

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