Table-4.

Water quality parameters during the experiment.

Water quality	Control (DO 5 mg/L)	Treatment (DO 15 mg/L)
pH	8.23 ± 0.01	8.22 ± 0.01
Temperature (°C)	28.16 ± 0.09	27.88 ± 0.10
Alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)	179.19 ± 6.41	178.50 ± 5.58
Calcium (mg/L)	202.25 ± 3.59	201.46 ± 2.87
Magnesium (mg/L)	591.8 ± 24.45	590.3 ± 24.05
Total ammonia (mg NH3-H/L)	0.83 ± 0.81	0.76 ± 0.72
Nitrite (mg NO2-N/L)	0.12 ± 0.09	0.10 ± 0.08
Nitrate (mg NO3-N/L)	5.32 ± 4.16	5.33 ± 4.14
Orthophosphate (mg/L)	0.22 ± 0.06	0.22 ± 0.05
TSS (mg/L)	11.30 ± 1.89	11.09 ± 1.70

Values are mean ± standard deviation of four replicates per group. TSS=Total suspended solids, DO=Dissolved oxygen