Influence of the Starvation Period on the Technological Performance of Juvenile Carp in a Recirculating Aquaculture System
Keywords:
carp, compensatory growth, recirculating system.Abstract
Compensatory growth relates to a period of intensified feeding, typically following a brief period of starvation, and represents a technological opportunity to achieve the planned performance indicators. Experimental research lasted 28 days and was conducted in a recirculating aquaculture system. Two experimental rearing variants were utilized to evaluate compensatory growth: variant V1, the control variant (initial stocking density - 4.545 kg/m³, number of carp fish- 40), where fish were fed continuously for 28 days, while in V2 (initial stocking density - 4.485 kg/m³, number of carp fish- 40) the fish were starved for 3 days and then refed for 4 days, also for 28 days. The most significant technological indicators of crop biomass are as follows: the feed conversion factor recorded values of 1.18 g feed/g biomass spore in V1 and 1.25 g feed/g biomass spore in V2; the specific growth rate showed values of 1.735 %/day in the control variant and 1.67 %/day in the variant where the biological material was starved and then refed. The analysis of growth dynamics in the crop biomass highlights the potential of juvenile carp to recover the weight lost during the starvation period, reaching approximately the same biomass as in the control variant.
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