Table 3. Water quality parameters during feeding trial

Parameters Diet1) p-value
FM20 FM10
Water temperature (°C) 28.1 ± 0.1 (26.130.9) 28.4 ± 0.1 (26.1–31.7) 0.0813
Salinity (g L–11) 10.0 ± 0.0 (9.00–11.0) 10.0 ± 0.1 (9.00–11.0) 0.9098
Alkalinity (mg L–1) 155 ± 1 (125–195) 152 ± 2 (125–195) 0.1243
pH 8.03 ± 0.01 (7.54–8.33) 8.03 ± 0.00 (7.62–8.32) 0.7543
DO (mg L–1) 6.41 ± 0.05 (4.72–7.76) 6.32 ± 0.01 (5.00–7.79) 0.1131
TAN (mg L–1) 4.80 ± 0.31 (0.00–18.8) 4.04 ± 0.50 (0.00–14.8) 0.2652
NO2-N (mg L–1) 0.63 ± 0.04 (0.14–1.47) 0.75 ± 0.04 (0.23–6.64) 0.1063
NO3-N (mg L–1) 42.9 ± 21.5 (0.00–227) 61.0 ± 2.0 (3.00–207) 0.4865
SS (mL L–1) 5.88 ± 0.07 (0.00–14.0) 5.84 ± 0.02 (0.00–14.0) 0.6326
Values represent the means of triplicate groups of treatment where the values within each row with different superscript letters indicate statistically significant differences (mean ± SEM; p < 0.05) and range values (minimum–maximum).
Diets represent FM20: fishmeal contents of 200 g kg–1, FM10: fishmeal contents of 100 g kg–1.
pH, potential hydrogen; DO, dissolved oxygen; TAN, total ammonia nitrogen; NO2-N, nitrite-nitrogen; NO3-N, nitrate-nitrogen; SS, settleable solids.