Big Data In Water Resources Engineering (BDWRE) 1(1) (2020) 01-05 Quick Response Code Access this article online Website: www.bdwre.com.my DOI: 10.26480/bdwre.01.2020.01.05 Cite the Article: Saba Malik, Saddam Hussain and Muhammad Sohail Waqas (2020). Effect Of Water Quality And Different Meals On Growth Of Catla Catla And Labeo Rohita. Big Data In Water Resources Engineering, 1(1):01-05. E-ISSN: 2716-5655 RESEARCH ARTICLE Big Data In Water Resources Engineering (BDWRE) DOI: http://doi.org/10.26480/bdwre.01.2020.01.05 EFFECT OF WATER QUALITY AND DIFFERENT MEALS ON GROWTH OF CATLA CATLA AND LABEO ROHITA Saba Malik a* , Saddam Hussain b and Muhammad Sohail Waqas c a Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. b Department of Irrigation and Drainage, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan c Soil Conservation Group, Punjab Agriculture Department (Field Wing), Rawalpindi, Pakistan *Corresponding Author E-mail: sabam3651@gmail.com This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited ARTICLE DETAILS ABSTRACT Article History: Received 11 December 2019 Accepted 15 January 2020 Available online 04 February 2020 The human body cannot make significant required quantities of vital nutrients but fish is minimum-fat, big- protein nutrition that delivers a variety of health advantages. Several external factors including temperature, oxygen level, alkalinity and photoperiod have impact on growth rate while water is also an important parameter in fish rising. Therefore, there is need to work and evaluate impact of fish food and water quality to improve the fish growth. For this purpose, twelve glass aquaria (six with ground water and six with surface water) were considered to assess growth and food conversion ratio (FCR) of Catla Catla and Labeo Rohita and two feeds (i.e. sunflower and bone meal) were provided. The feed has been given twice a day and changed 4% on the rate of body weight of fingerlings in the ground water pond and surface water pond as well. The fingerlings get the most elevated body weight in ground water and on sunflower meal (1.43 ± 0.01 g) as compared to surface water and bone meal (1. 39 ± 0.03 g). The general lengths obtained using the fish feed have gotten to be (5.78 ± 0.03cm) on sunflower meal and (5.47±0.03 cm) on the bone meal. The values of FCR had been lower (better) on sunflower meal (2.13±0.01) as compared to bone feast (2.32±0.03). In conclusion, it was observed from the results that fishes fed on sunflower meals had shown better growth with improved morphometric parameters and lower FCR values. KEYWORDS Growth Performance, FCR, Feed Ingredients, Hybrid Fingerlings, Water Quality, Surface Water, Ground Water. 1. INTRODUCTION Mostly ground and surface water are the two major water sources used in fish farming. In several ways groundwater (also termed as well-water or spring water) frequently varies in quality parameters from surface water. Groundwater is generally regarded as one of the most valuable water source for fish farming because it generally consistent in quantity and quality at some particular site. It is also seems to be free of toxicity, harmful pollutants and predator or infectious aquatic organisms. The success in variety of aquaculture operations depends upon the areas of science, engineering and financial or economic matters. One key natural component is the supply of appropriate diets that are efficaciously processed and offer the favored supplements for ideal growth (De Schryver et al., 2008). Semi-intensive and intensive cultivating practices are greatly concerned in Pakistan because of which utilization of supplementary feed has risen and become favorable for the fulfillment of fish culture. To get most extreme fish production from confined water, it's vital to apply supplementary feed at the side fertilizer in feeding the fishes. Supplementary nourishing is thought to extend the carrying capacity of ways of life frameworks and can enhance the fish growth by the utilization of numerous folds (Davendra et al., 2002). It too gives the primary rate strategy of nutrients need inside the most limited conceivable time inside the lakes. Attempts have already been taken to secure the net level of supplement need like proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals for the proper growth of fishes, which are reasonable as well (Srivastava et al., 2013). Supplemental feed is one of the most important methods to improve the production of fish. The value of artificial feeding fluctuates depending on the strength of the crops needed. Artificial feed plays a key role in semi- intensive fishing in which a higher number of fish is needed whose natural fertility of the water can sustain (Assessement, 2005). The function of additional feed in intensive fish farming could not be neglected since the entire nutritional needs of fish rely on the food. The intensive cultivation is based purely upon feed and has been supposed to be crucial to growing fish production in the coming years (Lazard et al., 2009). Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) is a noteworthy method for calculating artificial feed acceptance in fish culture (Abid et al., 2009). FCR's correct information on available of locally materials will provide foundation for the production of appropriate feed, although its feed preference complicates the task of preparing appropriate artificial feed for major carps (Jabeen et al., 2004). Recently, several scientists have calculated the FCR values of different fish feeding ingredients for carps under controlled circumstances. Nevertheless, there were no data on the FCR of hybrid fingerlings. Hybrids are thought to still have a faster growth rate as well as CODEN: BDWRAP