Table 4. Major nutrient requirements for grass carp (% of dry diet) | |||||||||
Growth stage | Crude protein (%) | Crude lipid (%) | Crude fibre (%) | Ash (%) | Sulfur amino acid (%)* | Lysine (%) | Total phosphorus (%) | Gross energy (MJ/kg) | |
Fry | ≥40 | 06-Aug | ≤3 | ≤14 | ≥1.5 | ≥2.50 | ≥1.0 | 16 | |
Juveniles | ≥30 | 04-Jul | ≤8 | ≤13 | ≥0.9 | ≥1.50 | ≥1.0 | 15.6 | |
On-growing & brood stock | <=25 | 04-Jul | ≤12 | ≤12 | ≥0.7 | ≥1.25 | ≥0.9 | 15.2 | |
*Methionine plus cystine | |||||||||
Data source: Standard of nutrients in formula diet for grass carp (SC/T 1024-1997)" |