Tubificid Culture

Authors

Gülsen TİMUR
Metin TİMUR
İsmail İ. TURNA
Ayşegül KUBİLAY
Ramazan İKİZ

DOI

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Abstract

Oligochaeta worm Tubifex sp., one of the best alive food for aquarium fish, has been cultured in the still water system. The worms were grown on three different substrates. The first substrate contained 50% fresh cow manure, 25% lake sand, and 25% garden soil. The second substrate contained 75% fresh cow manure and 25% lake sand. The third substrate contained 75% fresh cow manure and 25% garden soil. Growth and fecundity were observed in the three substrates. However, the highest growth nate, cocoon number and fecundity were found with the substratum containing 75% fresh cowmanure and 25% garden soil.

Keywords

Tubifex, Tubificidae Culture, Coccon.

First Page

99

Last Page

101

Recommended Citation

TİMUR, Gülsen; TİMUR, Metin; TURNA, İsmail İ.; KUBİLAY, Ayşegül; and İKİZ, Ramazan (1996) "Tubificid Culture," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 20: No. 1, Article 11. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol20/iss1/11