UTILIZATION OF CORN AND ITS SUBSTANCES AS A SOURCE OF FISH FEED (ARTICLE REVIEW)

Aquaculture is highly dependent on the presence of artificial feed, which even absorbs up to 70% of the total production cost. Therefore, the availability of high-quality feed and adequate quantities is a key factor in ensuring the success of cultivation. However, feed with high protein content tends to be expensive. The solution to this problem is to use alternative feed ingredients that have good nutritional content, are easy to obtain and do not compete with humans. Organic waste from corn harvest residues has great potential because it is easy to obtain and cheap. Corn waste has obstacles in its low nutritional content, therefore it is necessary to carry out a fermentation process as an effort to increase the nutrition of corn waste. The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which the utilization of fermented corn waste as a fish feed ingredient can help improve fish growth performance.