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Comment by Dave & Yvonne Story on March 28, 2012 at 8:22am

If you have more than the mom and babies in there, I will suggest you have more hiding places for the babies. Just a thought.

beautiful setup.

Kudos

Comment by David Owens on March 28, 2012 at 8:17am

Here is an image of my Tilapia breeding tank where they have just set up 2 nests...you guys are right about the gravel though, it's just a poop catcher and hassle. Hope that helps! Next time, I will go with a smooth glass bottom

Comment by Sahib Punjabi on March 27, 2012 at 7:26pm

You are totally correct TCLynx.

We moved one of our Giant Blue's into a 75 gallon tank last Friday for the breeding season - yes the tank had about 3 to 4 inches of gravel at bottom that we had not taken out....just an oversight. Boy! You should see the just how much gravel the Giant Blue has moved to clear space for the female to lay her eggs. 
So we are now going to remove the gravel and place clay pots for the "private" quarters...so as to encourage breeding :-)
God bless 

Comment by Dave & Yvonne Story on March 27, 2012 at 7:07pm

LOL

gravel is a pain.

I use it to raise the pH in the water...

Comment by TCLynx on March 27, 2012 at 1:17pm

when temperatures are right, you don't necessarily need anything in the tank.  The "nest building" is really to clean off the bottom where the eggs get laid to make it easier for the female to pick the fertilized eggs back up in her mouth without getting a mount full of debris as well.

Gravel in the bottom of the tank is not necessary unless you are going for a display tank at the same time but then the males may move all the gravel away and uncover the under gravel filters and so some people have found they needed to put a large piece of slate down in the bottom to give them a smooth surface to work with.

Gravel in a fish tank in general is for our pleasure (or pain when you realize you then have to clean all the poop out of it,) it won't help the tilapia.

Comment by Michael Welber on March 27, 2012 at 9:30am

I'm interested in learning more about this "nest" thing. Should I have materials in the tank for them to build with? What do they use. All I have in the tank now is water, fish poop, and a few pipe pieces where they can hide. 

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on March 27, 2012 at 9:18am

With our fish, the "french kiss" has been between two males who had separate nests in one tank; it's almost like the real man is the one with the biggest mouth. I've also seen it between a dominate male and our dominate female, but she takes on male colors and builds her own nest, too, so she's a little unique. A great breeder, though.

I'm sure the big mouth thing is a dominance/competition thing, but I'm not sure if it's normally between two males or if females normally participate as well.

We had one male who was a master builder. He totally cleaned one side of the tank, but he never got around to breeding. Our best male is a lazy boy. He builds a dip and calls it good. He's a great romancer, though, and really works the females. Since the main female builds her own nest, it makes up for him being lazy. Other females tend to fix his nest up a bit when they get close to laying.

Comment by Christian De La Nuez on March 27, 2012 at 8:11am

Thanks for the info Michael. 

Comment by Michael Welber on March 26, 2012 at 5:08pm

There is someone in Brooksville who is breeding and selling tilapia. When I ordered from the Aquaponic Source that's where the fish came from. I live in the Keys. 

Comment by Christian De La Nuez on March 26, 2012 at 4:45pm

It's been so hard to find anyone who sells any species of tilapia fingerlings in South Florida. So it got me thinking, I have a couple of acres down here that I'm not doing anything with. Maybe I'll start breeding tilapia and selling fingerlings to our local growers and enthusiasts. Of course they would be available for anyone to buy, but the main purpose of me starting this facility is to provide for the locals. Would anyone be interested in purchasing? Just trying to get an idea, to see if the venture is worth the time and investment. All feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks to all.

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