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: Received: 3 February 2021 / Approved: 5 February 2021 / Online: 5 February 2021 (16:18:19 CET)
How to cite:
Syafaat, M.N.; Azra, M.N.; Waiho, K.; Abol-Munafi, A.B.; Syahnon, M.; Azmie, G.; Ma, H.; Ikhwanuddin, M. Nursery Culture of Mud Crab, Genus Scylla, a Review: The Current Progress and Future Directions. Preprints2021, 2021020168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0168.v1
Syafaat, M.N.; Azra, M.N.; Waiho, K.; Abol-Munafi, A.B.; Syahnon, M.; Azmie, G.; Ma, H.; Ikhwanuddin, M. Nursery Culture of Mud Crab, Genus Scylla, a Review: The Current Progress and Future Directions. Preprints 2021, 2021020168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0168.v1
Syafaat, M.N.; Azra, M.N.; Waiho, K.; Abol-Munafi, A.B.; Syahnon, M.; Azmie, G.; Ma, H.; Ikhwanuddin, M. Nursery Culture of Mud Crab, Genus Scylla, a Review: The Current Progress and Future Directions. Preprints2021, 2021020168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0168.v1
APA Style
Syafaat, M.N., Azra, M.N., Waiho, K., Abol-Munafi, A.B., Syahnon, M., Azmie, G., Ma, H., & Ikhwanuddin, M. (2021). Nursery Culture of Mud Crab, Genus Scylla, a Review: The Current Progress and Future Directions. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0168.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Syafaat, M.N., Hongyu Ma and Mhd Ikhwanuddin. 2021 "Nursery Culture of Mud Crab, Genus Scylla, a Review: The Current Progress and Future Directions" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0168.v1
Abstract
This study attempted to explain the definition, objectives, and key stages in mud crab nursery activities. The nursery stages of Scylla spp was started from megalopa stage to several crablet instar stages or started from earlier crablet stage to several crablet stages. Direct stocking of megalopa into ponds is not recommended due to their sensitivity. Instead, nursery rearing is needed to produce mud crab of larger size before stocking. Individual nursery rearing results in higher survival rate (up to 100%), but with reduced growth rate, and a more complicated maintenance process compared with communal rearing. Nursery of mud crab can be done indoors, or outdoors, with adequate shelter and feed required to obtain good survival and growth performance. Artemia nauplii are the main, established nursery feed, particularly at megalopa stage, while survival rate may be improved if combined with artificial feed, such as micro bound diet formulations. Water quality parameters, identical to those proposed in tiger shrimp culture, can followed. Crablets may be transported to the pond location with, or without water. The provision of monosex seeds from mud crab hatcheries is expected to become more common, increasing seed price, and thus improving income of farmers. Numerous aspects of mud crab nursery, including nutrition, feeding strategies, understanding of their behaviour, i.e., cannibalism, control of environmental factors, and practical rearing techniques, still need further improvement.
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