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MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT and SURVIVAL of PHILIPPINE SILVER THERAPON LARVAE, Leiopotherapon Plumbeus (Kner, 1864) REARED UNDER DIFFERENT FEEDING SCHEMES

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MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT and SURVIVAL of PHILIPPINE SILVER THERAPON LARVAE, Leiopotherapon Plumbeus (Kner, 1864) REARED UNDER DIFFERENT FEEDING SCHEMES Presented at the DLSU Research Congress 2016 De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines March 7-9, 2016 MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL OF PHILIPPINE SILVER THERAPON LARVAE, Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864) REARED UNDER DIFFERENT FEEDING SCHEMES Julie Andrea P. Añano1* and Maria Rowena R. Eguia1,2 1 Department of Biology, De La Salle University, Taft Ave., Manila 2 Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Binangonan, Rizal *Corresponding Author: [email protected] Philippine silver therapon, Leiopotherapon plumbeus, locally known as ayungin, is an endemic fish species in the country. The demand for silver therapon remained high despite the decline of its population and commercial catches. Taking into account the potential of this species for stock enhancement, this study focused on developing an initial feeding strategy necessary to provide potential L. plumbeus juveniles for aquaculture. The experiment conducted was a short duration 10-day feeding experiment which used different feeding schemes utilizing live food organisms [Brachionus (B), Moina (M), co-fed with BM, Chlorella (C) and filtered lake water (L)]. Morphometric measurements were evaluated to assess growth performance of larvae among different feeding schemes. Survival rate was determined at the end of feeding experiment at 9 DAH (days after hatching). Growth parameters of L. plumbeus larvae reared under different feeding schemes showed significant differences starting at 5 DAH (P < 0.05) onward. After a total of 10 days, a significant decline in fish larval samples was observed under two feeding schemes (C and L). BM has a significant higher rate of survival (18.07 ± 7.09%) compared to other treatments. B. rotundiformis (15-20 mL-1) can be considered as a starter food for silver therapon larviculture and M. micrura (5-10 mL-1) can be utilized during an assumed co-feeding phase at 6 DAH. Key Words: Leiopotherapon plumbeus; growth; first feeding; hatchery-bred; larvae 1 Presented at the DLSU Research Congress 2016 De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines March 7-9, 2016 1. INTRODUCTION 1.2 Captive Breeding of Silver Therapon According to reports of the Philippine Council 1.1 Fish Production in Laguna de Bay for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), the demand Laguna de Bay (14o10'-14o35' N, 121o-121o30' for silver therapon remained high despite the decline E) is the largest freshwater lake in the Philippines of its population and commercial catches within with an average surface area of 900 km2. With such Laguna de Bay. With that, silver therapon shows high immense surface area, the fishery resources of the potential for aquaculture as a food fish and for stock lake are considered to be one of the richest (Fortes, enhancement. To address this concern, several 1993). The lake is traditionally used for livelihood as projects on captive breeding and larval rearing has supported by the earliest documented studies mainly been done (PCAARRD-DOST and UPLB-LRS, 2012 focusing on fisheries (Mane and Villaluz, 1939; and SEAFDEC-BFS, 2015) which presented Villadolid, 1934). Delmendo and Bustillo (1968) technologies on induced spawning, hatchery, nursery documented that within 1960 to 1964, the fish and larval rearing. In spite of the preliminary success population of the lake comprised of 23 species of fish in artificial propagation and rearing of silver therapon belonging to 16 families and 19 genera. The study (PCAARRD-DOST, 2012), reliable and consistent also noted that Leiopotherapon plumbeus and rearing methods particularly success in initial feeding Glossogobius giurus were considered to be the are still in their infancy. During the early larval important and dominant species of fish for stages, the transition from endogenous to exogenous commercial catches. feeding has been recognized as a significant cause of early mortality (Busch, 1996) creating a distinct gap 1.2 Distribution of Silver Therapon in recent approaches in L. plumbeus farming. Philippine silver therapon, Leiopotherapon 1.3 Live Feeds and First Feeding plumbeus (Kner, 1864), locally known as ayungin, is an endemic fish species in the country (Mane, 1934) Live feeds are considered as the primary item and is extensively distributed throughout Luzon. It in the diet of cultured fish larvae. During the first was considered to be the most abundant fish in feeding phase, digestive tract is still rudimentary and Laguna de Bay until 1991 and it comprised digestion process occurs in the hindgut epithelial cells approximately more than 70% of the fish fauna found (Govoni, Boehlert and Watanabe 1986). Such in the lake (Mercene and Cabrera, 1991). However, developing digestive system is still incapable of there was an observed substantial change in species processing formulated diets, thus larvae are fed live composition and relative abundance of fishes found in feeds permitting growth and survival. Even with the lake (Palma et al., 2002; Mercene, 1987). In recent progress in the improvement of inert diets for particular, a declining trend in the population of fish larvae, (Cahu and Infante 2001) feeding of most silver therapon has been recorded in 2002 (Palma, et potential species for commercial aquaculture still al., 2002) ranking this indigenous species to be only relies on live feeds on the duration of early ontogenetic third in terms of abundance. According to a report development. released by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Rotifers are the most important live food (BAS, 2002), fish production of L. plumbeus in a 2001 organisms for use as starter food for rearing small fish catch survey was merely 3 070 metric tons of the larvae (Divya et al., 2011; Shiri Harzevili et al., 2003; recorded 62 163 metric ton total inland municipal fish Lubzens et al., 2001). Brackish and saline rotifers in production. These changes in species diversity may be particular are considered as imperative live food attributed to several interrelated factors including organisms for use in tropical aquaculture due to their rapid deterioration of lake water quality due to smaller lorica length applicable to fish species with domestic and industrial pollution in addition to small mouth openings (Lim et al., 2003; Lubzens et unintentional species introductions and stocking for al., 2001). fishery enhancement. 2 Presented at the DLSU Research Congress 2016 De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines March 7-9, 2016 Despite the fact that the more popular 2.2 Induced Breeding species of zooplankton utilized for fish seed production are rotifers, the potential of the Parental fishes were selected for the breeding set- freshwater flea, Moina sp. as larval food has also ups and initially placed in separate male and female received considerable attention (Erman, 1956). maintenance tanks (approximately 30L). Parental fishes were acclimatized for 24 hours prior to hormone Aquaculturists also accentuate the value of administration. Hormone was administered at a cladocerans as food for the young and adult stages of concentration of 50IU/g body weight using a 26 gauge various fishes. Moina sp. has been expansively needle with 50% of the total volume injected in each lateral employed as prey for the maintenance and side of the fish. production of fish species of commercial value (Fermin and Bolivar, 1991; Free, 1966; Cooper and 2.3 Larval Rearing Grasslight, 1963). Studies showed that Moina sp. significantly improve growth and survival of marine Newly-hatched larvae were all obtained from a and freshwater fish species (Fermin and Bolivar, single batch of parental fishes and were randomly 1991; Villegas, 1990; Fermin and Recometa, 1988; transferred to mildly aerated rearing aquaria (15L) with a -1 Baldia et al., 1985). stocking density of 15 larvae L . First feeding experiment Taking into account the potential of this included a 10-day short duration feeding experiment from 0 DAH to 9 DAH. Feeding experiments were performed species for stock enhancement, this study focused on under different feeding conditions: (1) rotifer B. developing an initial feeding strategy necessary to rotundiformis was provided all throughout the rearing provide potential L. plumbeus juveniles for period (B); (2) M. micrura was provided during the entire aquaculture. The experiment conducted was a short rearing period (M); (3) only algae C. ellipsoidea (105 to 106 duration 10-day feeding experiment which used cells mL-1) was provided throughout the rearing period (C); different feeding schemes utilizing live food (4) filtered lake water with wild zooplankton and organisms including Brachionus rotundiformis and phytoplankton (L); (5) co-feeding treatment using B. Moina micrura. rotundiformis and M. micrura (BM). Prior to stocking of larvae, rearing water was pre-conditioned for 24 hours by integrating 5L of C. ellipsoidea (105 to 106 cells mL-1) 2. METHODOLOGY except for treatment supplied with lake water. The administration of live food started at 0 DAH at 08:00, 14:00 Mass culture procedures, induced breeding and 20:00 hour. The concentration of zooplankton was routines and feeding experiments were all done at determined through volumetric counts using means of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center- three replicates in 1mL samples. Feeding amount was Aquaculture Department, Binangonan Freshwater adjusted daily according to the desired prey densities in Station (SEAFDEC/ AQD-BFS). each tank. All treatments were carried out in four replicates each in a completely randomized design. 2.1 Mass Culture of Live Food Organisms 2.4 Data Collection and Statistical Analysis A progressive batch culture technique suggested by Southern Regional Aquaculture Center Nine larvae were sampled daily to evaluate (Creswell, 2010) was adapted for the mass growth performance of larvae. Total length (TL) was production of Chlorella ellipsoidea. Algal density was kept standardized during feeding of prey at a measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior margin density of 105 to 106 cells mL-1, C. ellipsoidea was of the body. Pre-anal length (PL) was measured from the harvested during the exponential growth phase and tip of the snout to the anus.
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