Monitoring of microbial, water quality, and production performance of Litopenaeus vannamei on intensive pond in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract The aim of the research is to monitor the dynamics of microbial number, water quality, and production performance in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) cultivation in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, utilizing an intensive system. This research was carried out on seven Pacific white shrimp ponds over the duration of one maintenance cycle (84 days), from November 2019 to February 2020. Interestingly, the results showed that the highest total bacterial counts (TBC) were obtained in pond P3, namely in the range of 0.12-98.0×105 CFU/mL, the highest total Vibrio counts (TVC) were obtained in pond P5, namely in the range of 0.09-2.8×105 CFU/mL, luminous bacterial counts (LBC) were only found in ponds P1, P4, and P5 with the same range values, namely 0-100×103 CFU. The best performance of Pacific white shrimp production was found in pond P2, with a percentage of survival rate (SR) and productivity of 65 percent and 4074.5kg/ha, respectively, and the worst was found in pond P5, with a percentage of survival rate (SR) and productivity of 35 percent and 2583.66 kg/ha, respectively. Finally, the intense culture system used for Pacific white shrimp accumulates dynamics that may alter microbiology, water quality, and production performance.