Table 2
The effect of feeding frequency on the growth of river puffer

Treatment

Body weight (g)

DFC1

(%)

Weight gain

(%)

Feed efficiency2

(%)

Survival

(%)

Initial

Final

10-g size

1 meal per day

8.9 ± 0.06

19.3 ± 2.2

1.29 ± 0.18b

114 ± 16.3b

89.7 ± 1.54b

97.8 ± 1.92a

2 meals per day

8.8 ± 0.03

23.0 ± 1.4

1.60 ± 0.08ab

159 ± 9.55ab

93.6 ± 2.13a

100 ± 0.00a

3 meals per day

8.8 ± 0.05

21.6 ± 2.5

1.50 ± 0.15ab

156 ± 17.3ab

92.8 ± 1.27ab

98.9 ± 1.92a

5 meals per day

8.8 ± 0.07

24.2 ± 2.8

1.65 ± 0.19a

174 ± 35.8a

94.4 ± 2.43a

100 ± 0.00a

40-g size

1 meal per day

38.4 ± 0.3

61.6 ± 5.02

0.82 ± 0.13b

60.4 ± 11.9b

75.5 ± 3.22a

96.7 ± 2.89a

2 meals per day

38.7 ± 0.2

70.7 ± 5.16

1.04 ± 0.12a

82.8 ± 14.2a

80.6 ± 2.75a

100 ± 0.00a

3 meals per day

38.5 ± 0.2

72.7 ± 2.01

1.10 ± 0.04a

88.9 ± 5.06a

81.3 ± 1.86a

100 ± 0.00a

5 meals per day

38.7 ± 0.2

71.3 ± 1.94

1.06 ± 0.04a

84.3 ± 4.98a

81.0 ± 3.44a

98.3 ± 2.89a