Effect Of Maggot Supplementation On The Economics Of Pelleted Feed Use During Grow Out Of Clarias Gariepinus.

ABSTRACT

A 100 day feeding trial was conducted to access the effect of maggot supplementation on the economics of pelleted feed use during the grow-out of C. gariepinus. The diet were fed to replicate of C. gariepinus fingerlings with intial mean weight of(18.25g) in 50-liter plastic basins according to the percentage body weight of 0.5% and 1.5% where treatment 1 was 0.5% maggot and pelleted feed, where treatment 2 was live maggot and pelleted feed at 1.5%, treatment 3, was pelleted feed only at 1.5%, result indicate that the highest (mean weight gain) MWG was in treatment 2 (165.8 .L18.39a) with the highest (food conversion ration) FCR of (6.98± 5.06a) while the lowest MWG was in treatment 4, of (102.8 ± 14.43 )• lowest FCR was in treatment 3(1.40± 0.28'). Highest profit was gotten from treatment 1 folowed by treatment 2 and the lowest from 3, summary highlights that maggot supplemented with feed can be recommended for increase profit in catfish C. gariepinus at 0.5% level of feeding with pelleted feed.