Table 5. Water quality of juvenile mahseer cultivation with differently colored aquariums

Parameters Aquarium color
Transparent Green Blue Black
Temperature (°C) 24.6–26.3 24.6–26.2 24.6–26.5 24.7–26.5
Dissolved oxygen (mg/L) 7.50–8.02 7.53–7.87 7.63–7.82 7.76–8.03
Turbidity (NTU) 0–0.01 0–0.02 0–0.04 0–0.03
pH 7.10–7.42 7.10–7.36 7.10–7.57 7.10–7.61
Nitrite (mg/L) 0.043–0.044 0.042–0.046 0.041–0.043 0.041–0.043
Nitrite (mg/L) 4.69–5.02 4.76–4.83 4.63–5.39 4.38–4.80
Alkalinity (mg/L CaCO3) 74.42–85.05 75.92–85.32 75.33–87.48 74.22–85.23
Total Hardness (mg/L CaCO3) 70–80 70–80 68–77 68–80
TAN (mg/L) 0.04–0.05 0.04–0.05 0.04–0.05 0.04–0.05
TAN, total ammonia nitrogen.