Pemanfaatan Tepung Cacing Tanah (Lumbricus rubellus) untuk Meningkatkan Kadar Omega-3 dan Omega-6 Ikan Bandeng (Chanos chanos) Budidaya Tambak

Quality of milkfish (Chanos chanos) in ponds cultivation is low. Small body size, pale body surface, odor of mud and low nutritional value cause not compete in the retail market, due to ponds experiencing burnout due to excessive use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Giving earthworm flour (Lumbricus rubellus) (TCT), believed to improve the quality of milkfish farming. Adding TCT to feed with four different treatments for 30 days. The results showed that the
administration of 5%, 10% and 15% TCT, could improve the quality of milkfish ponds, both qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative improvement aspects, namely the surface of the fish's body is brighter, scales cleaner and whiter, the smell of mud is not felt, while the achievement of quantitative aspects is the fish's weight increases sharply in the range of 1.465% - 1.846% per day and omega-3 levels increase in the range of 1.9834 % - 5,5693% and omega-6 increased in the
range of 1.4993% - 4.8796% or an increase of nearly 10 times each compared to levels of omega-3 and omega-6 milkfish samples without TCT.