TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comparisons of the Effects of Aquaria Made of Glass or Fiberglass on Growth and Pigmentation of Goldfish, <I>Carassius auratus</I> and Electric Yellow Cichlid, <I>Labidochromis caeruleus</I>
AU - Yanar, Mahmut AU - Ercen, Zeynep AU - Erdogan, Erhan 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 19
SP  - 2508
EP  - 2512
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.2508.2512
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.2508.2512
KW  - Glass aquarium
KW  -fiberglass tank
KW  -pigmentation
KW  -growth
KW  -Carassius auratus
KW  -Labidochromis caeruleus
AB  - This study was conducted to compare effects of aquria made of glass or fiberglass on growth and pigmentation in goldfish, <I>Carassius auratus </I>(initial weight of 8.1 g) and electric yellow cichlid, <I>Labidochromis caeruleus </I>(initial weight of 0.47 g)  for a rearing period of 80 days. Skin colour assessment was performed by reflectance spectroscopy with transformation into colour parameters based on tristimulus values, L (lightness), a (redness) and b (yellowness). A lower L and a higher a, b was obtained on skin of goldfish reared in fiberglass aquarium compared to those in glass one (p&lt;0.05) while no differences were observed among L, a and b of electric yellow cichlid reared in glass or fiberglass aquarium (p&gt;0.05). Growth performance, feed conversion ratio and survival ratio in both species were not affected by the aquarium types (p&gt;0.05). Aquarium made of fiberglass should be preferred for goldfish rearing as skin colour is significantly improved in this media.
ER  -