DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2017.v05i06.006

Pages: 440-445

Water quality is essential for successful aquaculture development. Anthropogenic activities mostly as a result of industrial and agricultural activities are the major sources of water pollution in an aquatic environment. Interaction of various physical and chemical parameters of water attributed to the distribution, composition and abundance of aquatic organisms and their relationship with abiotic component of the water environment. Fish general well-being is positively correlated with water quality and longtime exposure of fish to water pollutants may interfere with normal growth and reproduction and sometimes lead to the dead of fish. Routine measurement of the major water physicochemical properties is highly needed for the general welfare of fish and for the growth of aquaculture industry.