Table 1. The preying capacity and growth performance of crablet of S. tranquebarica fed different stocking densities of amphipods Grandidierella megnae

Parameters	Amphipod densities
Parameters	A	B	C
Initial eight (W₁, g)	0.04 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.00
Final weight (W₂, g)	1.17 ± 0.05^a	1.81 ± 0.12^b	2.12 ± 0.07^c
Total prey given (crab)	1,600	2,400	3,200
Overall consumtion rate (OCR, %)	96.89 ± 0.33^b	95.03 ± 0.8961^ab	91.98 ± 1.97^a
Daily feed consumption rate 60-days (DCR, %)	8.11 ± 0.31^a	8.02 ± 0.47^a	8.55 ± 0.27^a
Daily feed consumption rate 30-days (DCR, %)	14.91 ± 0.37^a	16.78 ± 0.49^b	19.14 ± 1.45^b
FCR (wet-based)	5.17 ± 0.23^a	5.39 ± 0.30^a	5.53 ± 0.20^a
Cumulative molting (CM, %)	473.33 ± 6.67^a	555.56 ± 8,01^b	583.33 ± 16.67^b
Survival rate (SR, %)	100.00 ± 0.00^a	100.00 ± 0.00^a	100.00 ± 0.00^a
Specific growth rate 60 d (SGR-W, %)	5.61 ± 0.07^a	6.31 ± 0.11^b	6.60 ± 0.05^b
Specific growth rate 30 d (SGR-W, %)	8.77 ± 0.17^a	9.66 ± 0.09^b	10.23 ± 0.29^b
Percentage last molt W increment (%)	71.61 ± 2.39^a	94.42 ± 6.92^b	89.01 ± 3.99^b

Treatments; A, 20 amphipods / 0.5 L; B, 30 amphipods / 0.5 L; C, 40 amphipods / 0.5 L.
Different superscript letters in the same row at different amphipod densities indicate significant differences between treatments (ANOVA, p < 0.05).