Water Quality and Growth Performance of Giant Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii and Green Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris in Aquaponics System at Different Flow Rates

Nur Fadhilah; Abentin Estim; Siti Nor Fatihah

This study was assessed to determine the effect of flow rate on growth performance of Macrobrachium rosenbergii and Phaseolus vulgaris, and the water quality (concentration of nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and ammonia) in aquaponics system. The flow rates were 0.6 L/min, 1.6 L/min, 2.6 L/min and 3.6 L/min. In water inlet, the total mean concentration of nitrite at 0.6 L/min was slightly higher than other treatments. As for the water outlet, the total mean concentration of nitrite at 3.6 L/min was lower than others. Besides, the growth performances of plant which was flower and fruit present were slightly different. The best growth performance in Phaseolus vulgaris was at flow rate 0.6 L/min. The result analyzed by One-way Anova showed that there were no significant differences between water quality and growth performance of shrimp and plants at different flow rates in aquaponics system. Due to that, the design of aquaponics system at different flow rate was able to treat the prawn waste water and the plant can grow well. The excess feed and waste from M. rosenbergii gave dissolved inorganic nutrients which will be absorbed by the plant for supporting the growth.

KEYWORDS: Water analysis, growth, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Phaseolus vulgaris, flow rate

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