Pengaruh Penambahan Zat Higroskopis terhadap Kualitas dan Daya Simpan Ampas Rumput Laut sebagai Bahan Pakan.

Abstract

This research aimed to observed the effect of hygroscopic substances’s addition such as Zeolite, Dolomite and Bentoniteintoseaweed waste which was a waste from the production of agar-agar PT Agar Swallow that were assessed contaminate the surrounding environment and expected to be materialfeed which is always available. This research was carried out for 3 months to see the physical properties, chemical propertiesandlength storage of seaweed waste with the addition of 5% hygroscopic substances. The experimental design was CRD (4x3) with factor A were P0: seaweed waste without the provision of hygroscopic substances, P1: seaweed waste with 5% Zeolite, P2: seaweed waste with 5% Dolomite and P3: seaweed waste with 5% Bentonite, factor B was storage times (0, 1, 2 weeks) with three repetitions. The results showed that the addition of 5% zeolite significantly affect (p<0.05) on decreasing of moisture contentcomparedto the control. The addition of hygroscopic could increase the quality of seaweed waste however did not significantly affect on decreasing the water content during storage.