Table 5. Proximate composition (% of wet weight) of juvenile fish fed experimental diets with various feeding ratios for 10 weeks

Feeding ratio (%) Moisture (%) Crude protein (%) Crude lipid (%) Ash (%)
100 70.2 ± 0.27 20.3 ± 0.40 3.4 ± 0.08 5.5 ± 0.29
95 72.8 ± 1.10 18.7 ± 0.77 3.4 ± 0.25 5.1 ± 0.27
90 70.9 ± 0.41 19.5 ± 0.31 3.4 ± 0.20 5.5 ± 0.05
85 71.7 ± 1.07 19.5 ± 0.82 3.1 ± 0.18 5.3 ± 0.40
80 71.4 ± 0.23 19.9 ± 0.51 3.0 ± 0.30 5.5 ± 0.06
75 70.6 ± 0.97 20.6 ± 0.80 3.3 ± 0.18 5.6 ± 0.08
70 70.0 ± 0.94 20.2 ± 0.46 3.3 ± 0.23 5.4 ± 0.29
Values (mean of triplicates ± SE) are not significantly different for any feeding treatment (p > 0.05).