Advances in the Nutrition and Feeding of the Bullseye Puffer Sphoeroides annulatus
Resumen
The present report describes the research done to date on the nutritional requirements and
feeding of the bullseye puffer Sphoeroides annulatus. After hatching, the larvae of the
species have been successfully reared with the microalgae Isochysis sp. and
Nannochloropsis oculata, the rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis and the brine shrimp
Artemia. The live food feeding schedule starts at day 1 post-hatchand last until day 29 posthatch,
time when the larvae are weaned onto artificial microdiets prepared with protein
sources adequated to the capacities for digestion of marine fish larvae. Weaning is done
over a five days period with a post-weaning survival of 49%. The highest growth in
juveniles fed dry diets with different protein levels was achieved with a 55% protein
content. As for the lipids, a preliminary experiment indicates that 5.6% lipid in the diet
produces better growth than a diet with 9.5%. Practical dry diets with different protein
sources for the grow-out of S. annulatus have been tested, the best results were obtained
with a diet prepared with fresh ingredients. Further testing of different meals of marine
origin is currently done to formulate dry diets for the grow-out of the species. Broodstock
feeding is currently done with a mixed ration of a dry diet formulated with 42% protein and
14% lipid with a trout diet with 42% protein and 10% lipid.
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