The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the use of feed on diatoms and Brachionus plicatilis larvae feed banding, implemented Brackish Water Aquaculture Centres Situbondo July-August 2012. Research using five treatments and two replications that use Phaeodactylum sp, Chaetoceros sp, Nannochloropsis sp (as a control), Isocrysis sp, Pavlova sp. The results showed that after the larval rearing of milkfish for 21 days, the larvae length measurement data obtained highest in treatment C is 2.51 ± 0.1131 cm followed treatment D = 2.505 ± 0.1768 cm, treatment E = 2.29 ± 0.990 cm, treatment B = 2.245 ± 0.1061 cm and treatment A was 2.17 ± 0.0849 cm. While weight gain during maintenance milkfish larvae highest at C treatment amounting to 0.0782 ± 0.0050 grams followed by treatment D = 0.0712 ± 0.0028 grams, E = 0.0670 ± 0.0032 grams, B = 0.0639 ± 0.0023 grams and final treatment A of 0.0610 ± 0.0113 grams. The highest daily growth rate in the treatment of C = 0.00397 grams/day, followed by treatment D = 0.00394 grams/day, treatment B = 0.00354 grams/day, treatment A = 0.00335 grams/day and treatment E = 0.00273 grams/day. Hatching rate not so good and in the range of 60%, but in treatment C (treatment Nannochloropsis sp) achieved the highest level of magnitude that is equal to 52.80% and then followed treatment D, E, B and A.
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