Researches considering the effect of the gradual insertion of fodder in alimentation for the growth rhythm of Siberian sturgeon larvae (Acipenser baerii – Brandt, 1869) reared in superintensive system

Abstract

The experiment was made inside of private sturgeon rearing farm S.C. “Beluga Farm Group” S.R.L. from Calarasi County. The rearing system is flow-through and is emplaced into an enclosure as hall type. Sturgeon larvae were reared in spun glass troughs of a 0.167 m3 capacity. Experiment duration was 20 days. Biological material, Siberian sturgeon larvae (Acipenser baerii – Brandt, 1869), was gained by artificial breeding of breeders imported from Germany. The experiment was going off with two variants and three replications each. The rearing density was the same in both experimental variants, 500 ex/tank respectively. The diet of larvae from each variant was different as follows: in variant I, the larvae were fed exclusively on live diet represented by Tubifex species; in variant II, the larvae were gradually carried over from a diet consisting of Tubifex species to a diet represented only by Perla Larva fodder with a protean content of 62.0 %. On both experimental variants, fed delivery was achieved in the same way, namely the same number of daily intakes, dispensed at the same time. At the end of the experiment, the results were as follows: in variant I, the survival rate was 75 % and the final average body mass of larvae 2.69 g/ex, in variant II, the survival rate was 66 % and the final average body mass 2.38 g/ex.