Abstract

The physicochemical and bacteriological profiles of water obtained from fish ponds stocked with the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Idogbo community were evaluated using standard procedures. A grand total of 30 water samples were collected from 10 different fishponds (15 samples each from concrete and plastic ponds, respectively) between May and July 2018. The recorded mean physicochemical values for pH, temperature, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solid (TDS), dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD5), nitrate and phosphate were within Federal Environmental Protection Agency(FEPA) guidelines for water quality. The DO of the fish pond water negatively correlated with....................................