EFFECT OF REPLACEMENT OF FISH MEAL BY ROASTED GUARKORMA ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF PUNTIUS TICTOH.J. Dhimmar, S.R. Lende, D.R. Vadher, J.N. Mevada, S.R. Vala and K.M. JoraAbstract A ninety days feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the use of a roasted guar korma as an alternativeprotein source to replacement the expensive fish meal in diets for ticto barb (Puntius ticto). The fiveisonitrogenous experimental diets consisted of a control diet (100% fish meal) and four treatment diets inwhich fish meal replaced with roasted guar korma (25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of dietary protein) wereprepared. The diets were formulated to provide 40% crude protein on a dry weight basis. Total 225 numbersof ticto barb (P. ticto) advanced fry were randomly distributed into five treatments (control + treatment),each in three replicate. They were fed ad libitum during the experimental duration. The daily ration wasdivided into three equal parts and was fed at 08:00 hr, 14:00 hr and 20:00 hr. Based on the results recordedfrom the present experiment, it was found that higher growth, SGR, PER, survival and lowest FCR wereobtained by feeding the fish with the diet (T1) containing 25% roasted guar korma. Proximate compositionof carcass shown negative effect on crude protein and crude lipid decrease with more than 25% of roastedguar korma based diet. Thus, it was revealed that the roasted guar kormareplacing 25% of fish meal in thediet of P. tictoadvance fry gave better growth. Further research on used different plant based proteinsource with addition of essential amino acid, attractant and pigment effect on growth performance of fish. |