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  • Fingerling Production and Supply ..... 16
  • Supply ..... 16
  • Production ..... 17
  • Fish Stocking ..... 17
  • Sequential Rearing ..... 17
  • Stock Splitting ..... 17
  • Multiple Rearing Units ..... 17
  • Plants ..... 18
  • Staggered Crops ..... 19
  • Batch Crops ..... 19
  • Intercropping ..... 19
  • Feed ..... 20
  • Formulated ..... 21
  • Supplemental ..... 22
  • Alternative Diets ..... 22
  • Water Quality Parameters ..... 23
  • Dissolved Oxygen ..... 23
  • Temperature ..... 24
  • pH ..... 24
  • Total Ammonia-Nitrogen ..... 25
  • Alkalinity ..... 26
  • Cycling the System ..... 26
  • Corrective Measures ..... 27
  • Plant Nutrient Dynamics ..... 28
  • Providing and Measuring Plant Nutrients ..... 29
  • Common Nutrient Deficiencies ..... 30
  • Nitrogen ..... 30
  • Phosphorous ..... 30
  • Potassium ..... 30
  • Calcium ..... 31
  • Iron ..... 31
  • Integrated Pest Management ..... 32
  • Physical Controls ..... 32
  • Biological Controls ..... 32
  • Chemical Applications ..... 32
  • Common Pests ..... 34
  • Mites ..... 34
  • Aphids ..... 34
  • Caterpillars ..... 35
  • White Flies ..... 36
  • Thrips ..... 36
  • Disease Problems and Management ..... 37
  • Fish Disease ..... 37