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Lists of Places to Buy Tilapia

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The Aquaponic Source - http://theaquaponicsource.com/tilapia.php

Colorado

The Aquaponic Source - http://theaquaponicsource.com/tilapia.php - pickup available in Boulder, CO

California
http://www.bluebeyondfisheries.com/
http://www.imperialcatfish.com/
http://www.fbifarms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&...
This last one is also interesting in the fact that they raise Jatropa plants which are somewhat aquaponically raised. These plants make a high grade of bio diesel. In fact they claim to get 830+ gallons of biofuel per acre of land.

This last link will send you Tilapia as long as you can prove your State will allow them.
http://jimsfish.webs.com/bluetilapia.htm

It is a list of approved Fish suppliers in California by County
http://www.nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=3265
Jeff Givan
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I purchased my tillapia fingerlings from edgar sanchez at unlocksmith @tilapiafarmingathome.com
he sells breders and mixed sex fingerlings, nice guy his website is tilapia farming at home. He also offers a 75% discont on breeders if you are the first person to find out the rules for bring his type of tilapia into your state
I also purchased Blue Tilapia fingerlings from Rex his email is rrains@hotmail .com anouther nice guy usually has a ad on ebay.
In either case they were shipped via mail over several states I only lost one baby
I have breeders in the basment hopefully I will be having some for slae in the next couple of months pure strian blue and alsoT. hornorum X mossambica cross. This cross acording to what I have read shoud produce 98% male. This would be a a on a small scale.
Before you get any fish make sure you can have them where you live.
The U.S may be the home of the free but no when it comes to keeping tilapia.
Earl
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Florida,
Many people catch blue tilapia in ponds and canals as far as a free source. If you would like to buy them, only place I know of without an aquaculture permit here is Morning Star Fishermen.

They can sell Blue Tilapia but they don't ship so you have to go visit, bring an ice chest or other tank and a bubbler for the drive. They were very nice and showed me how to check gender of the fish (once they are big enough.) I have never been to one of their classes or workshops though.
TCLynx

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Comment by TCLynx on October 30, 2010 at 9:58pm: Well, if the fish are looking tattered and stressed, then I would worry and probably take the following steps.
dissolve and add some salt to the system if it isn't already salted. This can help battered fish recover a little quicker.

Then get yourself some 1/2" pvc and fittings, some netting and zip ties and make up some tank dividers or cages to separate the worst offenders if you can.

Comment by JD Sawyer on October 30, 2010 at 9:12pm: Happy Halloween... Kids are in bed finally after loads of sugar input so I'm back to work. I have some concerns about aggresive tilapia behavior. I have 85 Tilapia in a 300 gallon tank. Only 10 of them are close to full size and the rest are fingerlings. The big ones are very aggresive towards each other, but don't seem to be bothered at all by the fingerlings. I have added a few planter pots for hideouts but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I think the little guys are hanging out in there mostly and the 10 big ones can't seem to work out enough space for themselves. I'm worried they are going to continue to stress themselves out, injure each other or that some won't survive. I don't really have an easy way to seperate them since I don't have another heated/filtered system nearby. Any thoughts? Thanks, JD

Comment by Sahib Punjabi on October 25, 2010 at 5:12am: First tilapia farm becomes compliant with aquaculture dialogue standards

http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/first-tilapia-farm-becomes-comp...

Comment by Earl ward on September 4, 2010 at 11:05am: Wow! I want one , wonder what the biggest in captivity is

Comment by Sylvia Bernstein on September 4, 2010 at 9:48am: Incredible! Thanks for sharing Sahib.

Comment by Sahib Punjabi on September 3, 2010 at 3:35pm: Potential world record tilapia caught in St. Lucie River, FL

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/sep/01/potential-world-record-tilap...

Comment by Sahib Punjabi on August 21, 2010 at 4:38pm: Finally...I too can now officially say that I am a Tilapia owner (108). Fingerlings from 1 inch to 3 inches or so. Hope this is the start of a wonderful experience :-)

Comment by Jeff Givan on May 21, 2010 at 1:57pm: Well I can officially say now that I am a Tilapia owner, well 50 actually! Had the great pleasure of meeting Andy from this group and we went to Blue Beyond Fish farm to buy some 3" fry. Andy and I had a lot of fun this morning and both were impressed by Blue Beyond. They took a lot of time to show us around and we only wished they would let us put some grow beds on their tanks!

Comment by Jeff Givan on May 17, 2010 at 11:16am: Well let me know when your heading out here, you can stop by and see my experiments!

Comment by Andy Smith on May 17, 2010 at 11:02am: I guess I'll be driving to the desert soom. Andy

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