Three separate experiments were performed to assess the potential use of gut weeds Enteromorpha spp. as a food source for herbivorous fish. The fresh or dried gut weeds were used as a direct feed to replace commercial feed in an alternative approach for feeding spotted seat (Scatophagus argus), red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.), and giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) juveniles for 60 days, 45 days, and 56 days, respectively. Four feeding regimes were applied to triplicate tanks and fish was fed daily either commercial feed or gut weed: (1) single commercial feed everyday as a control treatment, (2) single gut weed daily and 2 alternative feeding regimes where (3) 1 day commercial feed and 1 consecutive day gut weed or and (4) 2 consecutive days gut weed. The results indicated that survival of experimental fish was not affected by the feeding treatments. Growth performance of the S. argus fed single gut weed was not significantly different from the control group (P>0.05). Growth rates of Oreochromis sp. and O. goramy in the alternative feeding treatments were comparable to the control treatment. Application of the combined feeding regimes, feed conversion ratio could be reduced from 26.1 to 57.8%. These results indicated that fresh and dried gut weed can be used as a feed to substitute commercial feed for herbivorous fish. Moreover, using gut weeds as a feed could improve water quality in the rearing tanks.
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