PENGARUH PEMBERIAN IKAN HIAS JANTAN TERHADAP JUMLAH LARVA AEDES AEGYPTI TAHUN 2015

Abstract

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) becomes a public health problem In Indonesia due to
high number of sufferers and its wide spread. Control methods have been carried out chemically
and non-chemically. Use of mosquitofish is one of the biological controls in which certain types of
fish used as natural enemies or predators of mosquito larvae. The purpose of this study is to
determine effect of male ornamental aquarium fish to the number of Aedes aegypti larvae.
This is a quasi-experimental research carried out by conducting experiment on Betta
crown tail fish and Pterophyllum altum eting ability to the number of Aedes aegypti larvae. Data
used in this research is primary and secondary data.  The primary data were obtained from
observation during experiment of the number of Aedes aegypti larvae eaten by both types of
ornamental fish, while the secondary data was data from books and journals supporting the
research.
Result showed that Betta crown tail fish were the most influencing fish with an average
eating ability of 282 larvae per day. While average of Pterophylum Altum eating ability was 248
larvae per day. Result of the research lead to suggestion on the use of Betta crown tail fish as
predators of Aedes aegypti larvae in and medium size bath up and Pterophylum Altum fish for the
tub large size one.