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RECOMMENDED COMPOSITION OF THE BASAL EEL DIETS
| Ingredients | For elver (1%) | For adult (2%) |
| Fish meal | 68 | 60 |
| Blood meal | 2 | 2 |
| Yeast | 6 | 6 |
| Feather meal | - | 3 |
| Wheat flour | 10 | 16 |
| Rice meal | - | 2 |
| Potato starch | 7 | 7 |
| Alginic acid1 | 2 | 2 |
| Vitamin premix I2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mineral premix2 | 2 | 2 |
| Soy oil | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| Crude protein (%) | 47 | 45 |
1 2% alginic acid replaced 5% carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)
2 Hastings (1978)
RECOMMENDED FEEDING PROGRAMME FOR ELVER REARING
| Week | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Diet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 61 |
| Basal diet No. 1 (dry matter) | 50 | 50→ 80 | 80 | 80 | 60→ 80 | |
| Tubifex (wet) | 100 | 50→ 0 | ||||
| Beef liver (wet) | 0→ 50 | 50→ 20 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Sheep liver and spleen mix (wet) | 20 | 10→ 5 | ||||
| Fish viscera mix (wet) | 10→ 5 | |||||
| Trash fish mix (wet) | 20→ 10 |
1 The diet suggested for the 6th week has yet to be tried
Fig. 1 Plan of the experimental eel culture pond system
Fig. 2 Cross section of the experimental pond
