Table 3.

Growth performance of P. diacanthus fed diets with different levels of CGA for 8 weeks.

Growth performance	Dietary CGA levels (mg/kg)
	0 (P1)	100 (P2)	200 (P3)	400 (P4)	800 (P5)	1600 (P6)	L. sig.	Q. sig.
Initial weight (g)	19.71 ± 2.87	20.35 ± 3.26	19.89 ± 2.42	20.88 ± 2.73	19.49 ± 1.85	19.92 ± 1.41	0.788	0.661
Final weight (g)	78.47 ± 11.65	82.35 ± 9.95	81.25 ± 14.81	85.23 ± 18.78	81.85 ± 11.90	81.41 ± 7.43	0.726	0.915
SR (%)	82.67 ± 2.31	82.67 ± 8.33	86.67 ± 4.62	81.33 ± 2.31	82.67 ± 2.31	85.33 ± 4.62	0.926	0.268
WG (%)	297.97 ± 15.54	306.78 ± 24.84	306.54 ± 31.74	305.84 ± 42.89	318.66 ± 26.27	308.63 ± 22.98	0.527	0.782
SGR (% day−1)	2.30 ± 0.23	2.34 ± 0.10	2.33 ± 0.13	2.33 ± 0.17	2.38 ± 0.11	2.34 ± 0.09	0.539	0.821
CF (g/cm3)	1.76 ± 0.11	1.72 ± 0.13	1.85 ± 0.12	1.85 ± 0.27	1.75 ± 0.18	1.74 ± 0.13	0.935	0.102
VSI (%)	6.51 ± 0.26	6.33 ± 0.23	6.23 ± 0.27	6.36 ± 0.33	6.41 ± 0.26	6.46 ± 0.34	0.926	0.268
HIS (%)	2.22 ± 0.21	2.27 ± 0.23	2.05 ± 0.26	2.14 ± 0.26	2.19 ± 0.18	2.18 ± 0.20	0.753	0.525
FCR	1.27 ± 0.11	1.24 ± 0.10	1.29 ± 0.11	1.31 ± 0.05	1.23 ± 0.05	1.22 ± 0.11	0.574	0.457

Note: Data were presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Data in the same line with different superscripts were significantly different (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: CF, condition factor; FCR, feed conversion ratio; HSI, hepatosomatic index; SGR, specific growth rate; SR, survival rate; VSI, viscerosomatic index; WG, weight gain.