Table 6 Water quality parameters (mean ± SE) of fish fed experimental diets for 90 days.

From: Microalgae Pediastrum boryanum enhances growth and modulates physiology and transcriptome in Nile tilapia

Items

G1

G2

G3

G4

P-value

Temperature (°C)

31.00 ± 0.377

29.05 ± 0.782

29.32 ± 0.463

30.38 ± 0.462

0.0649

Dissolved oxygen (mg/L)

8.000 ± 0.107

8.157 ± 0.073

7.857 ± 0.072

7.971 ± 0.057

0.0881

pH

8.067 ± 0.225

7.883 ± 0.214

7.785 ± 0.172

7.783 ± 0.194

0.0792

NH3 (mg/L)

0.217 ± 0.054

0.200 ± 0.052

0.217 ± 0.048

0.150 ± 0.034

0.7271

Nitrite (mg/L)

0.023 ± 0.007

0.018 ± 0.008

0.012 ± 0.008

0.008 ± 0.003

0.3927

  1. Means within the same row lack common superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05.
  2. Dissolved oxygen (DO), unionized ammonia (NH3).
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