WATER QUALITY IN THE CULTURE OF CYPRINUS CARPIO FINGERLINGS FED RAW AND CORN COB ASH PROCESSED MUCUNA PRURIENS DIETS

Abstract

Water quality in fish ponds can have extreme effects on pond productivity and fish health. This study was carried out to evaluate the water quality in the culture of Cyprinus carpio fingerlings fed raw and Maize Corn (MC) cob ash processed mucuna pruriens. The raw and the corn cob ash processed Mucuna seed meals in two replacement levels of 20% and 50% as substitution of soya bean meal in treatment diets were labelled Raw, MCD1 (20%) and MCD2 (50%) respectively, while a reference diet with no mucuna served as the control diet (CD). The diets were fed to C. carpio fingerlings for 56 days. Water quality parameters were measured for the period of evaluation. The water temperature varied between 22.90 to 22.96oC similar to the room temperature. The pH ranged between 7.02 and 7.07 while dissolved oxygen ranged between 6.24 to 6.34 ppm. The results obtained for this study is within the acceptable range and has no adverse effect on fish.