Efficacy of soaked-water dried indian almond leaves (Terminalia catappa) on regeneration of goldfish (Carassius auratus) fins

Abstract

Study on efficacy of soaked-water of dried Indian almond leaves (Terminalia catappa) leaves on regeneration of goldfish (Carassius auratus) fins was conducted. The caudal fins of experimental fishes were cut, at non-contiguous positions then perform treatment to have the regeneration of the missing part by using soaked -water dried Indian almond leaves at different concentrations. To determine regeneration rates, the times of recovering and the survival rate of fish. The experiment was designed into 4 treatments, with 3 replications; namely, T1 using water without dried Indian almond leaves, T2, T3 and T4 using 3, 6 and 9 grams of dried Indian almond leaves per 1 liter of water, respectively. The study found that experimental fishes can completely regenerate the cut portion in a period of 6 weeks. The new fins were lighter in color than the original fins, whereas the lengths of new caudal fins of fishes in T3 and T4 were significantly (p<0.05) different from T1. However, this length of T1 was not statistically different (p>0.05) from T2. Percentage survival rates over the period of trial of T 1, 2, 3 and 4 were 91.66±7.21, 100±0.00,
83.33±14.43 and 91.66±14.43 percent, respectively. Which were not statistically (p>0.05) different.