EFFECT OF FROZEN WHITE WORM (Enchytraeus sp.) ON GROWTH OF PLATY (Xiphophorus maculatus Günther, 1866)

In this study, for the first time, effects of live food on platy (Xiphophorusmaculatus Günther, 1866), wereinvestigated by using frozen white worm (Enchytraeus sp.). Aquarium fish used in this study were fry with an averageweight of 0.177-0.180 ±0.005 g in different groups. In the experiment, 135 fry Xiphophorusmaculatus were used. Fish weights were determined, and they laterwere put as 15 individual in aquariums in order to breed with three differentexperimental feed treatments (frozen white worm,frozen white worm combined with traditional aquarium fish feed and traditionalaquarium fish feed). Water temperature was determined as 23.7 ±0.05°C in during of experiment. The fish were fed withthree diet to satiation twice daily (09:00, 15:00) in during two months. In the end of the experiment average final weight was determined 0.257 ±0.01 g, 0.258 ±0.01 g and 0.211 ±0.01 g, fedon with frozen white worm, frozen white worm combined with aquarium fish feedand aquarium fish feed groups, respectively and therewere significant differences between T2 (frozen white worm+combined withaquarium traditional fish feed) and T3 (aquarium traditional fish feed) groupsof average final weight (p?0.05).