UNRAVELLING SENSITIVE PHYSICOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS IN COMMERCIAL AQUACULTURE EARTHEN PONDS ACROSS SOUTHERN SARAWAK
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jurnalteknologi.v87.22630Keywords:
Aquaculture, Physicochemical, Water quality, Fish, CommercialAbstract
Aquaculture activities in Sarawak is currently undergoing great expansion and advancement by the government to provide sustainable food source for the local people. With the changing environment, climate change and increases in nutrients this could disrupt the water quality for the fish production. Hence, this study was conducted to assess the water quality in commercialize aquaculture ponds in Southern Sarawak. This study was carried out between June 2023 to November 2023. The temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, ammonia, phosphate, nitrate, and nitrite which are deemed as the most sensitive and pertinent for the fish production were evaluated. The YSI multiparameter was used to measure the physical variables and the nutrients variables were measured using the HACH spectrophotometer. The results obtained for the temperature (28±0.00-32±0.00 °C), dissolved oxygen (1.10±0.01-12.99±0.01 mg/L), pH (3.72±0.03-8.39±0.06 mg/L), conductivity (0.03±0.00- 215.10±0.35 μS/cm), total dissolved solids (10.45±0.01-10137.17±0.02 mg/L), turbidity (6.77±0.16-483.22±40.41 NTU), ammonia (0-3.5 mg/L), phosphate (0.06±0.03-4.52±0.04 mg/L), nitrate (0.01±0.00-3.5 mg/L) and nitrite (0.003±0.002-3.5 mg/L) denoted that the physicochemical parameters of water quality in the aquaculture ponds, if found within normal levels considered tolerable. Some of the physicochemical parameters examined this study did not fall within the recommended range for optimal fish production, suggesting that some physicochemical parameters in these aquaculture ponds does not provide conducive conditions for the fish survival and growth. Thus, vigilant monitoring and stricter management of water quality in aquaculture ponds is needed to protect the health of aquaculture industry as well as the public health that consume them.
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