Abstract

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The survival rate and water quality of African Catfish fingerlings (Clarias gariepinus) fed with four commercial feed (Top,Vital,Lynx and Coppens)feeds was studied with the aim of establishing the effect of these feeds on water quality and survival rate, for a period of 8 weeks. One hundred and eighty (180) fingerlings of Clarias gariepinus and four commercial feeds with varying crude proteins were used for the experiment. Water quality parameters analyzed indicated temperature varied from 26.38 °C to 27.05°C while pH and dissolved oxygen ranged from 3.91 to 6.49 and 4.70mg/l to 6.49mg/l respectively. The treatment shows that there is a significant difference in pH, temperature and dissolved oxygen across the treatment (p<0.05) while alkalinity showed significant difference across the treatment (p<0.05).Survival rate showed Top feed (100%) followed by Coppens feed (93.3%) while the lowest was recorded in Vital feed (46.67%).

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