Growth Responses of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings fed diets replacing Soyabean with Acacia Seed (Cassia fistula)
This study determined the growth response of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings fed ground toasted Cassia fistula (CF) seed. Partial replacement of soyabean in the diet with varying levels of Cassia fistula seed meal at 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% were carried out for 70 days. The fishes were fed twice daily to satiation. One hundred and twenty-six (126) fingerlings with an initial mean weight of 1.68±0.76 g were allotted at random to aquaria tanks of 25 L size. A total of 18 tanks was used with each tank containing seven fishes.