Perbedaan Pertumbuhan Ikan Cupang Liar (Betta albimarginata) Yang Diberi Pakan Alami Kutu Air (Moina sp.) Dan Cacing Darah (Chironomus sp.)

Abstract

Wild betta fish (Betta albimarginata) is one of the rare freshwater ornamental fish which is scarcely found in the market, and included as an opportunistic fish that eats small organism. The experiment aims to observe the growth of Wild betta fish (Betta albimarginata) fed with different natural feed namely water flea (Moina sp.) and blood worm (Chironomus sp.) Two Treatments i.e. P1 (fish fed with water flea) and P2 (fish fed with blood worm) were applied, and each treatment was replicated six times. The data was analyzed using Independent sample t-Test. Results showed that fish fed with blood worm (P2) promotes a better absolute weight and length growth rate than fish fed with water flea (P1), but fish fed with water flea reached a faster gonadal maturity.