Abstract
A growth experiment of tilapia (offsprings of the hybrid between Oreochromis niloticus and O. mossambicus) under different dissolved oxygen levels in the recirculating water system was conducted at the Fish Culture Experiment Station of the National Fisheries University of Pusan from February 4 to March 5, 1986. Six tanks with a capacity of $1.8m^3$ of water each were used under the same condition of water parameters except for dissolved oxygen levels which were designated to maintain at 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 mg/$\iota$. Each tank was stocked with 90 kg of fish each averaging 64 to 69 grams. The average water temperature during the course of the experiment was $22.5^{\circ}C$. The results obtained are summarized as follows: The food conversion efficiencies were very good, being 1.05-1.11 at 3.5, 3.0, 2.5 and 2.0 mg/$\iota$ DO levels without any significant differences among them, but at 4.0 mg/$\iota$ the F. C. was 1.39 and at 1.5 mg/$\iota$ it was 1.61 being very poor compared with the others. The daily growth rate performance was best at 3.5 mg/$\iota$ dissolved oxygen level followed by 3.0 and 2.5 mg/$\iota$ with slight differences while at 4.0 and 2.0 mg/$\iota$ DO levels the growths were significantly poor, and at 1.5 mg/$\iota$ DO level it was extremely poor. In 1.5 mg/$\iota$ group, the fish did not accept feed vigorously and after feeding the fish usually concentrated around the inflow point showing oxygen deficiency response. While at 4.0 mg/$\iota$ high feeding rates tended to waste significant amounts of feed while eating and led to water deterioration, and above these levels the results is considered to lead to a waste of energy with uneconomical performance. On the other hand, at and below 2.0 mg/$\iota$ DO level the tilapia certainly showed a poor growth performance. The experiment indicates that the DO range of 2.5$\~$3.5 mg/$\iota$ is the optimum level for the good growth performance.
부산수산대학 어류양식실험실 순환여과장치에서 1986년 2월 4일부터 3월 5일까지 용존산소양에 대한 틸라피아의 성장효과를 알아보기 위한 실험이 수행되었다. 6개의 순환여과장치를 이용하여 동일조건에서 DO농도 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 및 4.0mg/$\iota$로 조절하여 실험했고, 실험어는 평균 65g 정도로 각 탱크에 90kg씩 방양 사육하였다. 방양 후의 사육결과는 다음과 같다. 실험전기간동안 용존산소농도 3.5, 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 mg/$\iota$ 군은 사료계수 1.05$\~$1.11 사이에서 거의 비슷한 좋은 성장결과를 나타낸 반면, 4.0, 1.5mg/$\iota$ 군에서는 1.39, 1.61로 저조했다. 그리고, 사료섭취양은 용존산소양의 증가에 따라 꾸준히 증가했으나, 성장률은 용존산소 1.5mg/$\iota$, 2.0mg/$\iota$을 제외하면 거의 비슷했다. 따라서, 용존산소양을 3$\~$3.5mg/$\iota$까지 올려도 성장률에 큰 증가가 없었다. 실험 기간동안 용존산소 1.5mg/$\iota$ 군에서는 사료섭취가 활발하지 않았으며 사료를 먹고난 후 대부분이 주수구에 몰려 심한 산소결핍현상을 나타냈다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 평균수온 $22.5^{\circ}C$ 정도의 순환여과장치에서, 용존산소농도 2.5, 3.0 mg/$\iota$ 및 3.5 mg/$\iota$ 농도군에서 거의 같은 좋은 성장률과 사료효과을 나타냈으므로 용존산소농도를 2.5mg/$\iota$와 3.5mg/$\iota$ 사이에 유지시키면 에너지 효과면에서 경제적이 된다고 사료된다.