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Table 4 Mean weekly variations in water quality parameters in tank 2 (pawpaw leaf)

From: Evaluation of three artificial diets in the culture of tropical edible frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858) from tadpole stage to full metamorphosis

Week

Temp

(°C)

pH

EC

μS/cm

TDS

mg L−1

DO

mg L−1

NH3

mg L−1

1

27.1 ± 0.1

6.8 ± 0.1

240 ± 0.1

161 ± 0.1

6.2 ± 0.1

0.10 ± 0.01

2

27.1 ± 0.1

6.8 ± 0.1

241 ± 0.1

161 ± 0.1

6.3 ± 0.1

0.10 ± 0.01

3

27.0 ± 0.1

6.8 ± 0.1

242 ± 0.1

162 ± 0.1

6.3 ± 0.1

0.10 ± 0.01

4

26.9 ± 0.1

6.9 ± 0.1

244 ± 0.1

164 ± 0.1

6.4 ± 0.1

0.11 ± 0.01

5

26.9 ± 0.1

6.9 ± 0.1

248 ± 0.1

166 ± 0.1

6.4 ± 0.1

0.11 ± 0.01

6

26.8 ± 0.1

6.9 ± 0.1

250 ± 0.1

168 ± 0.1

6.4 ± 0.1

0.12 ± 0.01

7

26.7 ± 0.1

6.9 ± 0.1

254 ± 0.1

170 ± 0.1

6.5 ± 0.1

0.14 ± 0.01

8

26.5 ± 0.1

6.9 ± 0.1

258 ± 0.1

173 ± 0.1

6.5 ± 0.1

0.15 ± 0.01

9

26.2 ± 0.1

7.0 ± 0.1

260 ± 0.1

174 ± 0.1

6.5 ± 0.1

0.16 ± 0.01

10

26.0 ± 0.1

7.0 ± 0.1

262 ± 0.1

176 ± 0.1

6.6 ± 0.1

0.16 ± 0.01

11

25.8 ± 0.1

7.0 ± 0.1

266 ± 0.1

178 ± 0.1

6.6 ± 0.1

0.18 ± 0.01

12

25.6 ± 0.1

7.0 ± 0.1

270 ± 0.1

181 ± 0.1

6.7 ± 0.1

0.18 ± 0.01

13

24.7 ± 0.1

7.1 ± 0.1

272 ± 0.1

182 ± 0.1

6.8 ± 0.1

0.20 ± 0.01

14

25.6 ± 0.1

7.2 ± 0.1

275 ± 0.1

184 ± 0.1

6.8 ± 0.1

0.20 ± 0.01

15

24.2 ± 0.1

7.2 ± 0.1

278 ± 0.1

186 ± 0.1

6.9 ± 0.1

0.20 ± 0.01

16

24.1

7.2

278

186

6.9 ± 0.1

0.22 ± 0.01

Overall total mean

26.0 ± 0.15

6.97 ± 0.1

258.63 ± 0.1

173.25 ± 0.1

6.60 ± 0.1

0.15 ± 0.01