In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology

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  This research was conducted to study the effects of different light colors on growth indices (Growth Rate and Specific Growth Rate), Feed Conversion and Survival Rate in Tiger barb (Barbus tetazone) fish for 6 weeks. 120 fish with an average weight 75 ±0.02 were respectively divided in four groups of white, natural, green and blue colors (with three replicates for each treatment). Fish fed twice a day with Biomar commercial food. Results showed that growth indices (GR, SGR) and FCR were significantly different in varied light colors (P 

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