Table 2. Survival, weight gain, and specific growth rate of juvenile mandarin fish fed experimental diets with various feeding ratios for 10 weeks

Feeding ratio (%) Initial mean weight (g) Final mean weight (g) Survival (%)1) Weight gain (%)1) Specific growth rate (%/day)2)
100 9.7 ± 0.09 36.9 ± 0.66c 100 ± 0.0 256.6 ± 4.37b 1.82 ± 0.02b
95 9.5 ± 0.05 36.3 ± 0.92c 100 ± 0.0 263.5 ± 5.17b 1.84 ± 0.02b
90 9.6 ± 0.02 35.8 ± 0.81bc 100 ± 0.0 254.1 ± 11.97b 1.80 ± 0.05b
85 9.5 ± 0.01 34.8 ± 0.21bc 100 ± 0.0 250.1 ± 2.04b 1.79 ± 0.01b
80 9.5 ± 0.03 32.7 ± 1.21abc 100 ± 0.0 225.7 ± 13.24ab 1.68 ± 0.06ab
75 9.6 ± 0.07 31.2 ± 1.04ab 100 ± 0.0 202.8 ± 5.84a 1.58 ± 0.03a
70 9.5 ± 0.06 29.3 ± 1.64a 100 ± 0.0 191.2 ± 15.65a 1.52 ± 0.08a
Values (mean of triplicates ± SE) in the same column not sharing a common superscript are significantly different (p < 0.05).
Weight gain (%) = (final body weight − initial body weight) × 100 / initial body weight.
Specific growth rate = (Ln final weight of fish − Ln initial weight of fish) × 100 / days of feeding trial.