Pertumbuhan dan Kelangsungan Hidup Benih Ikan Lele Sangkuriang Diberi Hormon Pertumbuhan Rekombinan dengan Lama Perendaman Berbeda

Abstract

Enhanced growth can highly contribute to the increased farming production. This research was conducted to compare the growth and survival of African catfish juvenile after immersion in water containing 2 mg/L recombinant giant grouper hormone (rElGH) for 2 and 4 hours. This research consisted of four treatments and three replications. A total of 100 catfish larvae at 5-day-old after hatching were hiperosmotic treated on 35 g/L salt solution for 2 minutes, and then bath immersed in a plastic packing containing 9 g/L salt solution, rElGH, and 100 mg/L bovine serum albumin (BSA). Control was created for each treatments and immersed in water containing 100 mg/L BSA. Fish were further maintained for 21 days in the aquarium, and fed on blood worm, ad libitum. The result showed that fish biomass of 4 hours treatment was approximately 25.12% higher compared to the control and 12.24% compared to 2 hours treatment. Fish survival in 4 hours treatment (60.0±8.3%) was higher than the 2 hours treatment (56.0±10.7%). Thus, the growth of Sangkuriang catfish seed can be improved by immersing in water containing rElGH during 4 hours, and this technology can be useful to improve African catfish farming.