Peningkatan kualitas pakan ikan nila berbahan tepung bungkil biji karet melalui suplementasi asam amino Quality improvement of rubber seed meal diet for Nile tilapia with amino acid supplemetation

This experiment was conducted to improve the quality of rubber seed meal fermented using sheep rumen liquor based diet (RSMF) with amino acid supplementation for Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus. This experiment consisted of five treatments with three replications. The treatments were 0% protein from RSMF as control; 50% RSMF; 50% RSMF with lysine; 75% RSMF and 75% RSMF with lysine. Tilapia with an initial body weight of 6.29±0.12 g were reared for 40 days and the fish were fed three times daily at satiation level (8.00 am, 12.00 pm and 16.00 pm). The data were statistically analysed by using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using software SPSS version 16.0 at 95% (p<0.05) confidence interval and Tukey test for the post hoc test. The results showed that the addition of lysine in the 75% RSMF diets could increased final weight, but did not significantly different to protein efficiency ratio (PER), decreased feed convertion ratio (FCR) and biochemical body composition. The data indicated that quality of 75% RSMF could improved after lysine supplementation, but still lower than using 50% RSMF and soybean meal as protein source.