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Table 1

Water quality parameters (mean ± SE) during the 56-day experimental period.

Parameter T1 (1:1) T2 (3:7) T3 (7:3)
Temperature (°C) 21.5 ± 1.7 21.6 ± 1.8 21.8 ± 1.6
Dissolved oxygen (mg/L) 7.2 ± 0.3 7.1 ± 0.4 6.9 ± 0.5
pH 7.5 ± 0.2 7.4 ± 0.3 7.3 ± 0.3
Total ammonia nitrogen (mg/L) 0.026 ± 0.005a 0.031 ± 0.006a 0.042 ± 0.008b
Nitrite-nitrogen (mg/L) 0.006 ± 0.002 0.007 ± 0.002 0.009 ± 0.003
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) 52.4 ± 4.1 53.2 ± 3.8 51.8 ± 4.5
Total hardness (mg/L as CaCO3) 42.6 ± 3.5 43.1 ± 3.2 42.8 ± 3.7

Different superscripts in the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).

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