GROWTH AND REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF GUPPY POECILIA RETICULATA (PETERS) IN MODULAR SYSTEM OF FISH PRODUCTION

Abstract

By increasing the growing space at periodic intervals, the growth and reproductive potential of thecommon aquarium fish guppy has been monitored over a period of 84 days. When the animals havebeen transferred from one module with less living space to another with larger space, there is a substantialincrement both in size and reproductive capacity. By having such a modular system of fish production,we can have a continuous harvest instead of constantly growing them in a larger space to get larger andmore number of animals. The sex ratio of males to females in this system appears to be around 2 : 5.