Table 1
Ingredients and composition of experimental diets for Apostichopus japonicus (% dry matter basis)

Ingredients

ST (control)

UL

UP

LJ

SS

NO

Ulva lactuca powder

0

15

0

0

0

0

Undaria pinnatifida powder

0

0

15

0

0

0

Laminaria japonica powder

0

0

0

15

0

0

Schizochytrium sp. powder

0

0

0

0

15

0

Nannochloropsis oculata powder

0

0

0

0

0

15

Wheat flour

15

0

0

0

0

0

Seaweed powder

15

15

15

15

15

15

Soybean meal

8

8

8

8

8

8

Shellfish powder

8

8

8

8

8

8

Shell powder

2

2

2

2

2

2

Calcium phosphate

2

2

2

2

2

2

Yeast protein

5

5

5

5

5

5

Soyabean lecithin

4

4

4

4

4

4

Mineral premixa

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

Vitamin premixb

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

Sea mud

40

40

40

40

40

40

Proximate composition (%)

 Crude protein

17.74

17.03

17.48

16.87

17.59

19.64

 Crude lipid

3.39

3.72

3.11

3.32

7.44

5.64

 Ash

41.20

44.80

45.55

45.85

41.5

42.10