Yield and Economic Efficiency of Green Water in Combination with Supplemental Feeds forArtemiaProduction in Vietnamese Salt Ponds

Abstract

We evaluated the combined effects of different green water sources and feed supplements on Artemia biomass production and economic efficiency. A two-factor experiment was set up with two green water types produced from the ratios of nitrogen and phosphorus (N:P = 5 and N:P = 10) in combination with two types of supplemental feed (rice bran or pig manure). After 12 weeks of culture, total Artemia biomass yield with the N:P = 5 treatment (2.29 ton ha −1 crop −1 ) was 14% higher than that with the N:P = 10 treatment (1.97 ton ha −1 crop −1 ), although this difference was not significant (P > 0.05). There was no significant interaction between green water and supplemental feeding treatments for the final yield of Artemia biomass. Comparative cost-benefit analysis showed that the treatment of N:P = 5 combined with pig manure attained a significantly higher net profit and cost/benefit ratio than the other treatments.

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“…In Artemia production manuals, many efforts have made to help to choose suitable species/populations to be applied in aquaculture industry (Tackaert & Sorgeloos, 1991；Lavens & Sorgeloos, 1991Barata, Hontoria, & Amat, 1996;Thi, Van, & Sorgeloos, 2013). Additionally, the effect of environmental parameters was studied on potential of cyst production (Barata et al, 1996;Thi et al, 2013；Gao, Wang, Ma, Stappen, & Sui, 2017Nguyen, 2015;Thi, Pachecovega, Cadenaroa, Ascencio, Rangeldávalos, & Rojascontreras, 2015).…”