THE EFFECT OF FEEDING WITH ADDITION OF CINNAMON BARK (CINNAMOMUM BURMANNI) FLOUR ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF PEARL SKINFISH (CHANNA ASIATICA)

The business opportunities for ornamental fish, especially the Channa type, are very potential, so optimization must be done, especially in their growth.The aim of this research was to determine the effect of adding different doses of cinnamon bark flour to feed on the growth of pearl snakehead fish and to determine the best dose of cinnamon bark flour in feed for the growth of pearl snakehead fish.The seed samples used fish measuring 6-7 cm which were kept in jars with a capacity of 15 L. The research used an experiment with a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 3 replications, A (0 additions of cinnamon bark flour), B (0.5 g cinnamon bark flour/kg feed), C (1 g cinnamon bark flour/kg feed), and D (1.5 g cinnamon bark flour/kg feed).The addition of cinnamon bark flour to the growth of pearl snakehead fish was very significantly different to the growth of pearl snakehead fish seeds.The best growth dose in treatment D was 6.95 g with a daily growth of 0.25 cm and an additional length of 2.50 cm and an FCR value reaching 1.39, however the addition of cinnamon bark flour did not make a significant difference to the SR value.Observation results resulted in water quality temperature 27-30C, pH 7.1-7.3,DO 4.6-6.0mg/L.