Table 1. Formulation of the basal diet for fleshy prawn (Penaeus chinensis) post-larvae

Ingredients	g kg–1
Fish meal, sardine1)	250
Fish meal, tuna2)	250
Soy bean meal	80
Squid liver meal	50
Wheat flour	160
Pantothenic acid premix3)	10
Starch4)	78
Cod liver oil	40
Mineral premix5)	20
Vitamin premix6)	10
Lecithin	20
Cholesterol	2
Mono-calcium phosphate	30
Proximate composition (%, dry matter)
Crude protein	44.7
Crude lipid	10.9
Ash	15.1

Orizon S.A., Santiago, Chile.
Wooginfeed Industry, Incheon, Korea.
Mixture of calcium pantothenate (Vixxol, Gunpo, Korea) and cellulose to obtain graded levels of pantothenic acid.
Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Each kg^–1 of mineral premix contains: 12.50 g C₄H₂FeO₄, 12.00 g MnSO₄, 20.00 g FeSO₄, 6.00 g CuSO₄, 0.75 g CoSO₄, 25.00 g ZnSO₄, 0.75 g Ca(IO₃)₂, 80.20 g MgSO₄ and 0.75 g Al₂O₃. The mixture was prepared to 1 kg using cellulose.
Each kg^–1 of vitamin premix contains: 2.4 g retinol, 0.002 g cholecalciferol, 32.0 g tocopherol, 20.0 g menadione, 25.0 g ascorbic acid, 5.0 g thiamine, 10.0 g riboflavin, 32.5 g nicotinic acid, 400.0 g myo-inositol, 20.0 g pyridoxine, 0.5 g biotin, 0.8 g folic acid and 0.5 g cobalamin. The mixture was prepared to 1 kg using cellulose.