01-06-2013, 10:30 AM
They are a light white fish (lighter & thinner that orange roughy) I have often just broiled with a squeeze of citrus (usually orange). but can also be poached (good with a wine basted poaching sauce) & flash grilled (not too long on the BBQ!)
Tilapia like at least 3' of water & a good rule of thumb is between 3-10 adult fish per 50 gals (less than that & territorial male spats start, more than that & it is too overcrowded)
They can have a mild salinity (10ppt does affect fry counts, but fish can grow well in up to 16-20ppt (salinity can discourage some pests...so...)
They do eat algae & are most nutritious with flax seed based, rather than corn feed based fish pellets...
This is one UH based researcher you may want to brain pick:
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/le...amaru.html
& from the aquaponics 'livebinder'
https://www.livebinders.com/play/present?tab_view=side&id=561710#anchor
OK, well my livebinder didn't select, but scroll down to the tilapia paper on the left!
Tilapia like at least 3' of water & a good rule of thumb is between 3-10 adult fish per 50 gals (less than that & territorial male spats start, more than that & it is too overcrowded)
They can have a mild salinity (10ppt does affect fry counts, but fish can grow well in up to 16-20ppt (salinity can discourage some pests...so...)
They do eat algae & are most nutritious with flax seed based, rather than corn feed based fish pellets...
This is one UH based researcher you may want to brain pick:
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/le...amaru.html
& from the aquaponics 'livebinder'
https://www.livebinders.com/play/present?tab_view=side&id=561710#anchor
OK, well my livebinder didn't select, but scroll down to the tilapia paper on the left!