Yes, this may be true. Thanks.

Dear Mohanty,

I think Mohammad Hossain and Sana Ullah answered very well to your question. Density can affect feeding behaviour o fish both for density itself and products of feed stuff decomposition.

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Dear Researcher

In carp aquaculture higher stocking density is not suitable in general for success of your project. It is the one factor which has significant effect on fish growth. The pond ecosystem will be disturbed and fish will become  under stress.  The biology of under stress fish is never normal.  The answer by others experts seems fine.

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Zafar Iqbal

Наш институт занимался темой: разведения карпа. К сожалению подробные данные есть только в отчетах и на русском языке. Если надо могу скинуть

 Dr. Mohanty,

You have asked about stocking density and feeding behavior ? If stocking density is below prescribed system density then competition will be less and uniform growth may be observed. But with high stocking density some will grow more faster than others because of dominant effect for feed obtaining. It also depend on species, some shows much vigor in feed competition than other species. However, it is all relative and species specific.

In general, high stocking densities can induce stress on fish and deteriorate the water quality, that will inhibit fish feeding. However, it depend on species and the culture system that you you are using. The performance of an fish species is distinct in a pond comparing to an RAS for example.

I agree with above. There are many published articles about the feeding behaviour, feeding regime and stocking density of culture fish. S0, you may go to: https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_does_density_affect_the_feeding_behavior_of_fish

El efecto de la densidad depende de si el pez es gregario o no , depende de la estructura de dominancia en el grupo, en muchos Piaractus la tendencia de animales grandes es defender un determinado espacio cuando están en bajas densidades (menos de dos animales metro) pero a mayor densidad no manifiestan dicha territorialidad.

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