Journal of Oceanology and Limnology   2022, Vol. 40 issue(4): 1669-1677     PDF       
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LIANG Xuejiao, ZHANG Chi, DU Dongdong, GAO Meirong, SUI Liying
Application of biofloc technology in recirculation Artemia culture system
Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 40(4): 1669-1677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00343-021-1135-5

Article History

Received May 6, 2021
accepted in principle Aug. 12, 2021
accepted for publication Sep. 22, 2021
Application of biofloc technology in recirculation Artemia culture system
Xuejiao LIANG1#, Chi ZHANG2#, Dongdong DU1, Meirong GAO1, Liying SUI1     
1 Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Chemistry and Food Technology(TUST), Ministry of Education; College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China;
2 Institute of Fisheries Science, Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa 850000, China
Abstract: Biofloc technology (BFT) improves water quality, and productivity of the farmed species through converting ammonium nitrogen to microbial protein, stabilizing microbial community, and reducing the production cost. In this study, a small-scale biofloc development unit was designed in combination of recirculation system (RAS) for Artemia culture. Artemia growth, water quality, and microbial composition of bioflocs in RAS were studied in comparison with in-situ batch culture (Glu). Glucose was added in RAS and Glu at C/N ratio of 10. The cultures without glucose addition, but with 50% daily water renewal (WRe) and without water renewal (NWRe) were considered as the controls. Artemia were cultured at 25 ¦ and salinity 30 for 24 days and fed formulated feed. The results showed that compared to the controls, Glu significantly improved the Artemia biomass, increased the biofloc volume, and reduced the content of total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), nitrite nitrogen (NO2-N) and nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N) in water column (P < 0.05). In addition, RAS had similar results with Glu. High throughput sequencing analysis on biofloc microbial composition demonstrated that glucose supplement shaped the microbial community structure, and increased proportion of potential probiotic bacteria and suppressed pathogenic bacteria growth. Furthermore, we analyzed the relationship between the microbial composition of biofloc and environmental factors. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) indicated that inorganic nitrogen in culture water had great impact on biofloc microbial composition in NWRe and WRe, whilst the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) modified the microbial community in Glu and RAS. This study shows the advantages of BFT in Artemia culture and provides practical information for applying BFT-RAS in indoor Artemia culture.
Keywords: biofloc technology    Artemia    water quality    microbial community structure    
1 INTRODUCTION

Biofloc technology (BFT) has been successfully applied in nursery and grow-out of several fish and shrimp species (Fischer et al., 2020; Sandoval-Vargas et al., 2020; Xu et al., 2021). BFT can stabilize microbial community and improve water quality, and thus benefit productivity of farmed species by transforming ammonium nitrogen into the microbial protein (De Schryver et al., 2008; Crab et al., 2010). The application of BFT in aquaculture is usually in situ, where the development of bioflocs is promoted within farming system through adding extra organic carbon into water column or in the feeds. However, uncontrolled in-situ biofloc development leads to lower dissolved oxygen and undesired bacterial proliferation, which consequently resulted in some negative impacts on the farmed animals. The alternatives can be achieved through developing bioflocs in a separate unit that is connected to the culture facilities, to ensure better water quality as well as to provide extra food to the farmed species by screening the floc biomass from the biofloc development unit (Kuhn et al., 2010; Anand et al., 2014; Ekasari et al., 2015; Eryalcin, 2018).

The brine shrimp Artemia is highly required live food for marine fish and shrimp larviculture due to its easy availability, higher protein and lipid content, and relatively higher n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) content (Sorgeloos et al., 2001; Anh et al., 2009). As a filter-feeding zooplanktonic crustacean, Artemia feed on planktonic unicellular algae, small protozoa, microorganisms, and organic debris. Moreover, the nutritional composition of Artemia is mainly depending on its food composition (Toi et al., 2013). With the rapid development of aquaculture, the demand for Artemia has been increasing. Over the past decades, pond production has emerged in the southeastern Asian countries and China, as an alternative to cope with possible Artemia cyst shortage and to provide Artemia biomass for shrimp nursery and maturation (Le et al., 2018). Artemia take up microorganisms and organic particles with size of less than 50 μm (Chacur, 2001), therefore BFT have been applied successfully to the outdoor Artemia pond culture in condition of better controlling C/N ratio and the size of biofloc aggregation (Sui et al., 2013; Le et al., 2018).

Indoor Artemia culture is considered ecologically friendly approach for aquaculture effluent water treatment and provide tailor-made size of Artemia with better biosafety. Previous studies have shown that BFT benefited to the survival and growth of Artemia, as well as reducing the nitrogen content in the culture column in indoor batch culture (Gao et al., 2017; Wang et al., 2019). In this study, a lab-scale biofloc development unit were designed in combination of recirculation system (RAS) for Artemia culture. Artemia growth, water quality, and microbial composition in BFT-RAS were compared to in-situ BFT batch culture. The information obtained in this study will support the application of BFT-RAS in indoor Artemia culture.

2 MATERIAL AND METHOD 2.1 Experimental design

Four treatments were included in the study: 1) NWRe: no water renewal and no glucose addition; 2) WRe: 50% water renewal every other day and no glucose addition; 3) Glu: no water renewal, but with glucose addition in situ; 4) RAS: recirculation aquaculture system connecting with biofloc development tank and with glucose addition. The treatment NWRe, WRe, and Glu contained three replicates with unit culture volume of 8 L.

The RAS system consisted of three connected tanks, namely culture tank (18 L), biofloc development tank (16 L), and sedimentation tank (8 L) (Fig. 1). Two openings connecting with tubes were made in between the tanks. The submerged pump was placed in the sedimentation tank to lift water into the culture tank. The height difference between two openings allowed water flowing from culture tank to the connected tanks. The tubes were covered with mesh net to prevent Artemia entering the biofloc development tank. The mesh size ranged from 500 to 1 000 μm depending on the developmental stage of Artemia. The sedimentation tank allowed the bigger biofloc aggregates settling. Continuous aeration was provided in the biofloc development tank and Artemia culture tank. Water was circulated partially from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Fig.1 Design of RAS Artemia culture system

Artemia cysts (from Great Salt Lakes, INVE, Belgium) were hatched under standard conditions for 24 h (Lavens and Sorgeloos, 1996). The newly hatched Artemia nauplii were collected and transferred to a 50-L conical tank for adaptation culture at 25 C and salinity 30. The density of Artemia was 5 inds./mL. Artemia were fed commercial feed (Selco-rotifer, INVE, Belgium). Three days later Artemia were randomly transferred into the experimental facilities and were cultured at 25 C and salinity 30 for 24 days. The initial density was 1 ind./mL. Artemia were fed twice a day (9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.). Distilled water was added every morning to keep the salinity constant. All treatments were fed 9.0-mg/(L∙d) feed. Glucose was added every other day in the culture from day 7 onwards at C/N ratio of 10 (0.06 g/L on day 7–11, 0.11 g/L afterwards). The circulation of RAS started on day 7. The amount of glucose supplement was calculated according to the formula proposed by Avnimelech (1999).

2.2 Parameter measurement

On day 24, Artemia in each group were collected and washed with deionized water, and the exterior water was absorbed with filter paper. The wet weight of Artemia biomass was then determined. The biofloc volume (BFV) was determined using Imhoff tubes after settling the culture water for 24 h.

On days 7, 14, 19, and 24 and before adding glucose, 50-mL water in each tank was filtered through a 0.22-μm microporous membrane. The content of total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), nitrite nitrogen (NO2-N), and nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N) were determined with photo-spectrometer using sodium hypochlorite oxidation, diazo-azo, and zinc cadmium reduction method (GB/T 12763.4), respectively. The content of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was measured with total organic carbon (TOC) analyzer (Shimadzu, Japan).

2.3 Microbial diversity analysis

On day 24, the bioflocs was collected from each tank and stored at -20 ℃. The TIANamp Genomic DNA kit (Tiangen Biotech, China) was used to extract the total genomic DNA, and the microbial diversity was analyzed by high-throughput sequencing (Novogene, Tianjin, China). The V4 fragments of 16S rRNA gene were PCR amplified with the primer 515F (5′-GTGCCAGCMGCCGCGGTAA-3′) and 806R (5′-GGACTACHVGGGTWTCTAAT-3′) (Caporaso et al., 2011). OTUs clustering analysis was performed using UParse software with 97% similarity (Edgar, 2013). Phylogenetic trees were constructed using MUSCLE 9 (version 3.8.31) software (Edgar, 2004). Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was carried out in combination with inorganic nitrogen content (TAN, NO2-N, and NO3-N) and DOC content. Shannon index analysis (Lozupone et al., 2011), weighted Unifrac distances and UPGMA analysis (Lozupone et al., 2007) were based on the homogeneous data.

2.4 Statistical analysis

The data were presented as mean±standard deviation. Except for RAS, all values were performed with three technical triplicates. Data of inorganic nitrogen parameters (TAN, NO2-N, and NO3-N), biofloc volume, and total Artemia biomass were analyzed using one-way ANOVA after Levene's test for homogeneity of variance. Duncan's multiple range comparison was conducted to analyze the significant differences among the groups at P < 0.05 (SPSS Statistics, Version 19).

3 RESULT 3.1 Total Artemia biomass and biofloc volume

Total Artemia biomass in Glu was significantly higher than WRe and NWRe (P < 0.05), while RAS had similar level with Glu (Table 1). There was no significant difference on BFV between NWRe and WRe (P > 0.05), but BFV in Glu was significantly higher than NWRe and WRe (P < 0.05). RAS had similar value with Glu.

Table 1 Total Artemia biomass and biofloc volume in different treatments
3.2 Water quality parameters

On day 7, TAN contents were lower and no significant difference was observed among the treatments (P > 0.05) (Fig. 2). Along with culture period, TAN content in NWRe significantly increased (P < 0.05), while WRe and Glu had much lower values. TAN content in RAS remained trace level from day 14 onwards.

Fig.2 TAN content in the culture water Data are presented as mean±standard deviation. Different subscript letter presents the significant difference at P < 0.05.

On day 7, NO2-N content in RAS was slightly higher than other three treatments, and no significant difference was observed among three treatments (P > 0.05) (Fig. 3). On day 14, NWRe had significant higher value than WRe and Glu (P < 0.05), and the values in RAS remained at a higher level. On day 19 and day 24, NO2-N content in NWRe and WRe increased and remained the same trend as day 14, whilst the values in Glu and RAS were remarkably reduced.

Fig.3 Nitrite nitrogen content in the culture water Data are presented as mean±standard deviation. Different subscript letter presents the significant difference at P < 0.05.

On day 7, there was no significant difference on NO3-N content among NWRe, WRe, and Glu (P > 0.05) (Fig. 4). From day 14 onwards, NO3-N content in NWRe and WRe were at high level, while those in Glu remained un-detectable. Values in RAS were at low level on day 14, and were un-detectable on days 19 and 24.

Fig.4 Nitrate nitrogen content in the culture water Data are presented as mean±standard deviation. Different subscript letter presents the significant difference at P < 0.05.

When no glucose addition, the DOC content in NWRe and WRe remained at low level for entire culture period (Fig. 5). From day 14 onwards, glucose addition increased DOC content in Glu and RAS, and remained at higher level towards the end of the experiment.

Fig.5 Content of dissolved organic carbon in the culture water Data are presented as mean±standard deviation. Different subscript letter presents the significant difference at P < 0.05.

The number of observed species was highest in WRe and the lowest in RAS, no significant differences was observed among NWRe, WRe, and Glu (P > 0.05) (Table 2). The Shannon-Wiener index (H') of bioflocs was the highest in NWRe and the lowest in RAS (P < 0.05).

Table 2 Microbial diversity and richness of the bioflocs in the treatments

Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were the most abundant phyla in each treatment (Fig. 6). Phylogenic analysis showed that the bacterial composition within the replicates clustered together, except for one replicate in NWRe, which clustered closer to WRe.

Fig.6 UPGMA clustering tree based on weighted Unifrac distance at phylum level

The total proportions of top10 bacteria family in Glu and RAS were about 60%, mainly belonging to Rhodobacteraceae, Alteromonadaceae, and Saprospiraceae; while they were less than 50% in WRe and NWRe with majority of Rhodobacteraceae, Alteromonadaceae, and Saprospiraceae (Fig. 7).

Fig.7 Relative abundance of the ten dominant families

The abundance of the top 35 bacteria genera is shown in Fig. 8. They were clustered into two branches based on evolutionary relationships. The major bacteria genus in Glu and RAS showed a higher abundance in branch I, while those of NWRe and WRe mainly located in branch II. The dominant bacteria genus in RAS also differed from Glu, mainly consisted of genus Marinobacter, Acinetobacter, Reinekea, and Alternomonas. On the other hand, the proportion of Vibrio was the highest in NWRe, but the lower in WRe and RAS.

Fig.8 Abundance cluster heatmap of the top 35 bacterial genera

The first and second canonical axis explained 63.03% and 20.16% of the variation, respectively (Fig. 9). The contents of TAN, NO2-N, and NO3-N negatively correlated with the first and second canonical axis. The DOC content positively correlated with the first canonical axis, but negatively correlated with the second canonical axis. There were significant correlations between TAN, NO 2-N, NO 3-N, and DOC content, and the microbial composition of the bioflocs (P < 0.05). The inorganic nitrogen in culture water had a great impact on the microbial composition in NWRe and WRe, whilst the DOC content reparably modified the microbial community in Glu and RAS.

Fig.9 Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) of bacterial family composition and water quality parameters Arrows represent the correlation of physio-chemical variables with canonical axes.
4 DISCUSSION 4.1 BFT improves Artemia growth performance

Bioflocs can be applied in aquaculture as feed additives or directly consumed by culture species. Microorganisms in bioflocs provide a variety of extra nutrients and energy for aquatic species, such as proteins, amino acids, lipids, and fatty acids (Wasielesky et al., 2006; Crab et al., 2010). Moreover, exogenous enzymes produced by a variety of bacteria can decompose large food particles, making them easier to be ingested (Moriarty, 1998). It is assumed that the bacterial enzyme contributes as well to digestion of microalgae cells by Artemia (Toi et al., 2013).

Artemia can take up a wide range of food particles with size ranging from 4–8 m (Makridis and Vadstein, 1999) to 50 m (Lavens and Sorgeloos, 1996) from early developmental stage to adult. On the other hand, individual bacterial cells are generally thought to be taken up with low efficiency by Artemia due to their small size (Nevejan et al., 2018). Therefore, biofloc aggregates with suitable size is of importance for filter feeders.

The total Artemia biomass obtained in the treatments supplemented with glucose (Glu and RAS) were significantly higher than that without adding glucose (WRe and NWRe). The beneficial effect of glucose supplementation should be contributed by the availability of extra nutrient source, as indicated by higher BFV values, and reduction of various nitrogen content in water column. In opposite, the inferior performance with no water renewal during experimental period (NWRe) resulted in accumulation of excessive inorganic nitrogen in the water and possible less food intake, whilst constant water renewal (WRe) may cause physical damage on Artemia and unstable environmental conditions.

4.2 BFT benefits water quality

Although Artemia are able to tolerant harsh environment conditions, such as high salinity, low oxygen, and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, etc., continuous accumulation of nitrogenous waste in the culture column are detrimental to Artemia. In this study, we compared the inorganic nitrogen waste removal by using BFT and water renewal. The TAN, NO2-N, and NO3-N contents in non-water renewal treatment (NWRe) continued to rise and remained at a high level throughout the culture period. When 50% water was renewed every other day, TAN and NO2-N content in WRe remained lower level, but NO3-N content increased. Glucose addition significantly decreased the inorganic nitrogen content in Glu and RAS that remained at a very low level towards the end of culture period. This can be explained that glucose promoted the proliferation of heterotrophic microorganisms, and thus significantly reduce inorganic nitrogen in the water through converting the TAN into microbial protein as well as nitrifying TAN to NO2-N, and further to NO3-N (Hari et al., 2004; Schneider et al., 2005).

On the other hand, the fact that the DOC content in Glu and RAS remained constant from 14th day onwards indicated that the added glucose could be consumed efficiently by microorganisms. The continuously increased BFV in Glu and RAS also confirmed that the carbon and nitrogen were assimilated and converted into microbial biomass.

4.3 BFT shapes microbial community structure

High-throughput sequencing analysis was performed in this study, to compare the microbial diversity and community structure of the bioflocs in different treatments. The low Shannon index in Glu and RAS indicated that glucose supplement facilitated the growth of certain heterotrophs, and thus reduced the biofloc diversity.

Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes are the dominant bacteria phyla usually found in aquaculture water and also formed large proportion in bioflocs (Cardona et al., 2016; Wei et al., 2016). Proteobacteria are also considered symbiotic bacteria in aquaculture (Sakami et al., 2008), which can effectively remove organic matter and inorganic nitrogen from waste water (Wagner et al., 1993; Rosenberger et al., 2002; Miura et al., 2007). The relative abundance of Proteobacteria in Glu and RAS was higher than NWRe and WRe, indicating that extra glucose favored the growth of Proteobacteria.

The glucose addition not only diversified the microbial community, but also facilitated the growth of potential probiotic bacteria and suppressed the pathogenic bacteria in the water. In this study, the proportion of family Rhodobacteraceae in Glu and RAS was remarkably higher than the others'. Rhodobacteraceae is considered surface-attached bacteria (Hjelm et al., 2004; Cytryn et al., 2005), which limits the survival of pathogenic bacteria in bioflocs (Cardona et al., 2016). Rhodobacter has been associated with enhancing growth performance of aquatic animal via immune regulation (Chiu and Liu, 2014). On the other hand, the proportion of Vibrio in RAS were lower than NWRe, and RAS had fewer Flavobacterium. Most of bacteria belonging to Vibrio have been characterized as pathogens for aquatic animals (Karunasagar et al., 1994). And Flavobacterium columnare lead to the rotten gill disease of Anguillidae, Cyprinidae, and Ictaluridae fish. Therefore, the BFT applied in this study improved biosecurity condition of Artemia culture system, which may further benefit to fish and crustacean aquaculture through providing high quality Artemia biomass.

5 CONCLUSION

Our study provides data supporting the application of BFT in indoor Artemia culture with recirculation system. The results indicate that glucose addition to batch culture significantly improved the Artemia growth, increased the biofloc volume, and reduced the content of TAN, NO2-N, and NO3-N in water column, as well as shaped the microbial community structure of bioflocs and led to increased proportion of potential probiotic bacteria and suppression of pathogenic bacteria. Moreover, similar beneficial results to the in-situ BFT batch culture were obtained in our designation through connecting a biofloc development unit to the recirculation Artemia culture system. In the future, the RAS-BFT parameters can be further optimized in order to facilitate large-scale application in the production of bio-secured live feed Artemia biomass.

6 DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data presented in this paper can be shared upon request.

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