Hatch rate of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818) eggs treated with 100 mg L−1 copper sulphate pentahydrate |
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| Authors: | David L Straus Andrew J Mitchell Ray R Carter James A Steeby |
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| Institution: | 1. US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Harry K. Dupree – Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center, Stuttgart, AR, USA;2. Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Mississippi State University, Belzoni, MS, USA |
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| Abstract: | Catfish hatcheries use copper sulphate pentahydrate (CuSO4·5H2O) as an economical control for saprolegniasis on eggs. This study determines hatch rate of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818), eggs in hatching troughs containing 23.8 °C flow‐through well water when treated with 100 mg L?1 CuSO4·5H2O (10 times the proposed therapeutic dose). Eggs were treated daily until the embryos reached the eyed stage. Fry survival in the control and 100 mg L?1 CuSO4·5H2O treatments was significantly different (15% and 71% respectively). This study demonstrates that there is a considerable margin of safety in using CuSO4·5H2O as a catfish egg treatment to control saprolegniasis. |
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| Keywords: | channel catfish eggs copper sulphate pentahydrate hatch rate |
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