control of aquatic weeds and undesirable species from nursery pond
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Control Of Aquatic Weeds And Undesirable Species From
Nursery PondSubmitted by,
Nazmul Ahmed Oli Reg: 12-05-2835Level: 3Course code: GFB-332
Nursery Pond A pond where fry & fingerlings are reared for 10 to 15 days for grow out.
Characteristics:• 10-25 decimal• 1-1.5m water depth• Rectangular pond with 1:2 or 1:1.5• Loam or clay loam soil• Organic matter in pond bottom should be below 10-
15cm• Pond dikes should be high enough, strong• Enough Light and air
Fig: Nursery pond
Types Of Aquatic Weed:
Aquatic plants can be divided into: (1) algae (2) rooted water plants. Generally rooted plants are 4 types:
Floating Weeds: Water hyacinth,
Lily
Emerged Weeds: Typha
Submerged Weeds: Hydrilla,
Marginal Weeds: Marsilea
Problems of associate with Weeds Mortality Less primary productivity Successful competitor. Predator Shelter Hampering netting operation Fish flavor problems Pond water odor problems Stunned Growth of fish Disturbance in oxygen
Chemical Control Algae• Copper Sulfate, • Copper Complex (Cutrine)
Submerged Weeds• Diquat (Reward), • Fluridone (Sonar / Avast),• 2, 4-D, (Aqua-Kleen)• Endothal (Aquathol K)
Floating (Duckweed and Watermeal)• Diquat,• Fluridone
Emergent and floating Plants • Endothal, Fluridone, 2,4-D• Glyphosate (Rodeo)
Biological Control Herbivores can control by eating the weed..Eg: Grass carp
Aquatic weeds
Amount weeds
(kg/dec)
No. of grass
carp/dec
Weight of each
fish(g)
Time (day)
Hydrilla 275 2.6 113 42
Spyrodella 24 5 474 20
Fig: Grass carp
Undesired Species Control
Before stocking the fry in the nursery pond predatory & weed fish must be eradicated.
Common predatory fishes are: Channa spp., Clarias batraches, Heteropneustes fossailis, Pangsius,
Mystus sp. Ompok spp., Wallage attu Common weed fishes are: Puntius sp., Oxygaster sp., Ambassis sp., Amblypharyngodon mola.
Colisa sp., Rasbora sp
Removal of predatory and weed fishes:
Repeated netting. Dewatering the nursery pond. Drying. Use of poison. Use of pesticides.
Commonly used pesticides are:
Mahua oil cake• It kills fish at 200-250 ppm in 6-10 hours.
Tea seed cake• 145-150g/dec at 30cm water depth
Ammonia• Kills fish @ 20-25 ppm
Rotenone• rotenone is 2 g/m3 for common predators and 8 g/m3 for eel.
Conclusion:
Nursery pond is very important for successful aquaculture. To get good quality of fry we should carefully manage the nursery pond. So we should always be careful & eradicate the weeds & predator or weed fish from the nursery pond.