Parameter

Statistic

Tanks fed diets with Achatina fulica meat meal at substitution rate of:

ANOVA

Recommended range (Author[s])

Diet A

(0%)

Diet B

(25%)

Diet C

(50%)

Diet D

(75%)

Diet E

(100%)

Water temperature (˚C)

Range

25.4 - 27.7

25.8 - 27.6

26.0 - 27.6

26.0 - 27.4

26.0 - 27.3

P = 0.933

20 - 30 (Viveen et al., 1985)

Mean ± SE

26.5 ± 0.3^a

26.6 ± 0.2^a

26.7 ± 0.2^a

26.7 ± 0.2^a

26.7 ± 0.2^a

pH

Range

7.23 - 7.60

7.13 - 7.60

7.03 - 7.50

6.90 - 7.40

6.93 - 7.37

P = 0.018

6.5 - 9.0 (Wurts and Durborow, 1992)

Mean ± SE

7.43 ± 0.00^a

7.35 ± 0.05^ab

7.24 ± 0.05^ab

7.25 ± 0.07^ab

7.14 ± 0.05^b

Dissolved oxygen (mg/L)

Range

4.17 - 5.73

4.33 - 5.50

4.00 - 4.93

4.10 - 4.83

3.50 - 4.87

P = 0.000

5 - 8 (Bhatnagar

and Devi, 2013)