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. 2020 Nov 19;13:542. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05382-x

Table 1.

Growth performance and reproductive potential of P. reticulata and B. splendens under varying hard water treatment

	Growth performance
	150 ppm (control)	320 ppm	540 ppm	900 ppm
Weight gain (g)
P. reticulata (N = 30)	0.685^b ± 0.058	0.742^b ± 0.075	0.772^a,b ± 0.091	0.887^a ± 0.107
B. splendens (N = 20)	1.730^a ± 0.124	1.702^a ± 0.049	1.796^a ± 0.066	1.774^a ± 0.167
Length gain (cm)
P. reticulate (N = 30)	3.25^b ± 0.03	3.31^b ± 0.04	3.31^b ± 0.05	3.49^a ± 0.02
B. splendens (N = 20)	3.77^a ± 0.20	3.93^a ± 0.31	3.92^a ± 0.24	4.01^a ± 0.31
Larval length gain (mm)
P. reticulata (N = 12)	16.67^b ± 0.07	18.16^b ± 0.05	19.33^b ± 0.03	21.83^a ± 0.03
B. splendens (N = 12)	7.67^a ± 0.57	9.67^a ± 0.57	7.33^a ± 0.57	6.33^a ± 0.57

	Reproductive dynamics
	150 ppm	320 ppm	540 ppm	900 ppm
GSI
P. reticulate (N = 12)	1.35^b ± 0.39	1.38^b ± 0.54	1.50^b ± 0.66	2.48^a ± 0.60
B. splendens (N = 12)	17.01^a ± 1.15	15.03^a ± 2.61	17.25^a ± 4.41	15.83^a ± 1.33
Fecundity
P. reticulate (N = 6)	8.80^b ± 2.59	9.00^b ± 3.54	9.80^a,b ± 4.32	16.20^a ± 3.90
B. splendens (N = 6)	743.3^a ± 83.3	605^a ± 179	824^a ± 175	694^a ± 272
Bubble nest (cm²)
B. splendens (N = 5)	108.58^a ± 16.19	74.3^a ± 24.5	36.8^b ± 19	26.5^b ± 22.2
Hatchability
B. splendens (N = 12)	78.1^a ± 17.6	85.72^a ± 3.52	29.02^b ± 10.32	24.89^b ± 3.42
Fertility
P. reticulate (N = 12)	73.89^a ± 7.70	80.56^a ± 5.78	83.77^a ± 3.13	87.77^a ± 4.75

N values represent the number of fishes in each dose

^a,bValue denoted by the same alphabetic superscript were not significantly differed from each other