Effect of Selenium and Magnesium Nanoparticles on Growth performance and Survival of Asian Sea Bass (Lates calcarifer)

his study aimed to investigate the effect of selenium and magnesium nanoparticles and their composition on growth performance, nutritional indices, survival rate and hepatic accumulation of nano selenium and nano-magnesium in Asian Sea Bass (Lates calcalifer) with mean weight: 32.78 ± 1.16 g for 42 days. After four weeks of acclimation to the experimental conditions, 96 fish were randomly distributed in 12 fiberglass 300-liter tanks in equal numbers. Four treatments including nano-selenium and nano-magnesium free as control group, 4 mg nano-selenium treatment, 0.5 g nano-magnesium treatment and combination of 4 mg nano-selenium and 0.5 g nano-magnesium were investigated in this study. The fish were fed daily in two times based on station. Fish biometry was performed in all treatments at the end of the experiment. Samples needed to measure liver accumulation were collected at the end of the period. The results of this study showed that the final weight in the treatment of selenium nanoparticles was significantly different (P <0.05), percentage of body weight gain and specific growth rate in selenium + magnesium nanoparticles treatment was significantly different compared to the control group (P <0.05). Nutritional indices of protein yield coefficient, feed intake and feed conversion ratio were not significantly different among experimental treatments (P> 0.05). The results showed that the survival rate was not significantly different among experimental treatments (P> 0.05). The highest levels of selenium and magnesium accumulation in liver were related to selenium nanoparticles and selenium + magnesium nanoparticles, respectively, which were significantly different from other treatments (P <0.05).