Peranan Taurin pada Pertumbuhan dan Kelangsungan Hidup Larva Ikan Kerapu Bebek Cromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828)

Taurine is an important amino acid for the growth of marine fish larvae The humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis) is a highly valuable marine fish that has been farmed in hactheries. The increasing of larval growth and survival rate of humpback grouper was carried out by taurine addition as enrichment ingredient to zooplankton as live feed for larvae. The purpose of this study was to find out the role of taurine on larval growth and survival rate. Two treatments tested were taurine addition by bioencapsulated through zooplankton rotifers Brachionus rotundiformis (A) and without taurine addition in rotifers (B). The observed parameters were larval growth and survival rate. Larval samples were taken on day 1 and 5, then continued every 5 days until the end of the study, by using10 larval samples at each time. The results showed that mostly all larvae have already metamorphosed and become juveniles at 35 days old. At that time, larvae with taurine addition (A) have bigger in size, faster growth and also higher survival rate compared than larvae without taurine addition(B). Therefore, the result of this study indicated that the addition of taurine could improve larval growth and the survival rate of humpback grouper.