PENAMBAHAN INFUSA BUAH PAPAYA CALIFORNIA (Carica papaya L.) DENGAN DOSIS YANG BERBEDA TERHADAP KECERAHAN WARNA PADA IKAN KOMET (Carasiusauratus)

This study was conducted onLubukHulu Village, Lima PuluhSubdistrict, Batu Bara District. This research using a completely randomized design research method of 5 treatments and 5 replications. The test fish used were comet fish. The test fish used were comet fish aged ± 3 months. with an average length of 5-7 cm and an average weight of 3 g / head. The dose used was treatment A = without the addition of california papaya fruit infusion, treatment B = dose 2.5%, treatment C = dose 5%, treatment D = dose 7 , 5% and treatment E = dose 10%. The parameter of observed is extinction of life absolute long growth and absolute weight growth.The results showed that the addition of California papaya fruit infusion in the feed gave an average color increase of 4.2 and the best results were the addition of 10% dose of California papaya fruit infusion. The best absolute growth results (length and weight) were in treatment E of 1.58 cm and 1.86 grams, with a survival rate of 52%.The quality of water during maintenance, namely temperatures ranging from 25.5–28.5 0C, pH ranging from 6.4 to 6.9, DO ranging from 5.1 - 5.6 mg / L.Keywords : Infusion, Brighnesscolour, Komet Fis