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Bangladesh J. Zool. 42(2): 283-294, 2014

PROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND MICROBIAL QUALITY OF THREE IMPORTED AQUARIUM FISH FEEDS IN BANGLADESH Md. Alamgir Kabir, Mohammad Shamsur Rahman, Anwar Hossain and Shankar Chandra Mandal* Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Abstract: Proximate composition and microbial quality of three aquarium fish feeds commonly found in Bangladesh were collected from fish feed market of Dhaka city. Significantly higher moisture content (2.12 ± 0.06%) was found in Super NovaTM fish feed while similar moisture content was detected in other two feeds (p