This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of giving honey as a prebiotic in increasing the growth performance of freshwater pomfret (Colossoma macropomum). In this study, honey was mixed into the feed with the method coated at doses of 0.0%, 0.3%, 0.6%, and 0.9%. Fish with an initial body weight of 3-5 g are reared in three ponds with a total of 12 hapa nets measuring 1x1x1 (m3) (40 fish / hapa nets), that is, 4 hapa nets are placed in each pond. Thus, each treatment replication could be represented in each pond. Fish were fed treated with three replications for 60 days. The best growth performance during 60 days of maintenance indicated that honey supplementation with a dose of 0.6% was significantly different from other treatments in terms of the amount of feed intake 1195±0.01 g, FCR 1.12±0.00, feed efficiency 90.34±0.00 %, the daily growth rate was 3.88±0.02 %, and the body weight gain rate was 778.53±0.01 %. It can be concluded that the administration of honey with a dose of 0.6% is effective in improving the feed conversion ratio, increasing feed efficiency, daily growth rate, body weight gain, and reducing the amount of feed consumption of freshwater pomfret in inundated peat fish ponds.
This study aims to determine the physical quality of Pakchong grass silage (Crimson pennywort cv. Thailand) with the addition of molasses. Variableobserved were texture, color, aroma, pH and presence or absence of mold. This study used pakchong grass taken from Waipirit Village, Kairatu District, West Seram Regency, and molasses. The research was conducted at the Laboratory of Feed Engineering, Department of Animal Husbandry Pattimura University for 21 days. The experimental design used was a completely randomized design consisting of 4 treatments and 4 replications, namely P0 = pakchong grass + 0% molasses P1 = pakchong grass + 2.5% molasses P2 = pakchong grass + 5% molasses P3 = pakchong grass + 7.5% molasses. The results showed that the addition of molasses doses showed a significant effect on texture, color, aroma, pH but had a not significant effect on the presence or absence of mold. The higher the dose of molasses given the lower the degree of acidity (pH). The addition of 5% molasses gave the best results on the physical quality of silage, namely soft, dense and not slimy texture, good color (yellowish green), sour aroma, no fungus and had a pH value of 3.6.
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