PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTE OF QUALITY FISH FEEDS
By Chigbogu, Nnachetam Reginald A significant difference between feeding fish and land animals is that once fish have been fed in excess, the left over cannot be retrieved from the pond water, unless when fed with extruded or floating pellets. Even though in the case of land animals, excess feed can be retrieved because they are fed in containers; but even land animals encounter problems when too many fines are in their feed. Too much fines in fish feed would make the fish unable to eat all the feeds and obtain the required nutrients needed for growth, as the feeds would dissolve and disintegrate before being consumed. Consequently, this would result in greater risk of poor water quality and and poor growth performance. Factually, the higher the feed quality used, the less feed wastage and the easier the pond water quality management. As it is proven that beter water quality, the greater the ponds carrying capacity and the faster the growth performance of ...