Tilapia Growers

Aquaponists who are growing their plants with tilapia
  • Can I eat My Tilapia

    I had a power outage and lost 47 lbs of Tilapia to lack of oxygen. Are they still edible? If so how do I store them while waiting to fillet them? Seems like all the big ones died.

    By Jeff S

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  • PURE STRAIN TILAPIA IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON

    Huck’s Fishing Hole is a Tilapia fish breeder and hatchery. We are one of the very few Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife licensed/registered Aqua Farms authorized to breed, hatch, grow, hold, transport, import and sell Tilapia.We have Pure Strain Super Male T. Hornorum improved body…

    By Phil Slaton

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  • Tilapia dying after PH spike

    I am also a Aquaponics newbie.  I read Sylvia's book and dove in last October.  Everything was great until a couple weeks ago when I expanded my system.  I added a 3'x5' DWT to my system which is a 55 gal plastic Barrel for the tank, one cut in half for 2 media beds and another half barrel for a…

    By David Langham

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  • Tilapia dying in my tank!!

    Hi, I'll give the whole rundown, and I'd love it if anyone can help me figure out what the problem with my system is..I am very new to aquaponics and I've set up a new system after reading through various websites about aquaponics farming. It is a 30 gal tank and recently bought some blue tilapia…

    By Nate

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  • Brine Shrimp for Tilapias

    I'm interested in starting to grow brine shrimps. I've searched the Internet a lot about these but I keep getting different information. Does someone on here know how to grow them to give me tips? Starting from eggs to adults. I know how to make the hatchery already. But how many salt should I put…

    By Hydroponics Curacao

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  • Brine Shrimp for Tilapias

    I'm interested in starting to grow brine shrimps. I've searched the Internet a lot about these but I keep getting different information. Does someone on here know how to grow them to give me tips? Starting from eggs to adults. I know how to make the hatchery already. But how many salt should I put…

    By Hydroponics Curacao

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  • Feed for Fish

    I'm a newby and just sent a message to all members instead of posting to this board so sorry everyone. But my question is: I see a lot of different info on what to feed Tilapia but can someone tell what NOT to feed them? Thanks

    By Larry Collins

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  • Tilapia dress out

    I am trying to estimate just how big I need my tilapia to be so I can get at least a reasonably sized fillet. I am building a few fish traps so I can get a 'test' idea now of my tilapia's size so I can  plan feeding regimes etc. I know I have ALOT of fish that are now under under 3 inches,so there…

    By Pat James

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  • Tilapia not eating.......much.

    I have an aquarium with 7 Tilapia that are between 6 & 8" each, at one point they were all eating very well - almost jumping out of the tank well. I went through period where the ammonia jumped, I'm really not sure for how many days it was like that but it was up to somewhere around 6 PPM by…

    By Bart

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  • Different Tilapia strains.....

    I'll be getting ready to order my fish in a few weeks.  I'm terrified of introducing a disease, parasite, etc.  to my system so have been only checking out USDA inspected facilities.  Is there a reason why most choose only one type of tilapia for their system i.e. Blue Tilapia. White Brook Tilapia…

    By Bobby McGovern

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