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Comment by Paul Ellinghuysen on November 20, 2010 at 10:43am

Thanks for the follow up.Paul

Comment by TCLynx on November 19, 2010 at 5:13pm

I never did get breeding going in the indoor tank.

The most successful breeding situation I had was when I threw 12 random tilapia into what was my duckweed tank once upon a time. I did this in spring and the water got nice and warm for them and lots of fry did appear. I would guess that the tank was around 300 gallons. Somewhere between 14 and 18 inches deep, 16 feet long and about 30-32 inches wide. I didn't have extra hides in there for them or anything but I guess the big tank allowed for better breeding with less fishy domestic violence.

I think the biggest thing is to have really warm water, like 86 F. A nice long daylight period. And more Females than males. I would probably advise like 5 females for each male and more than a 50 gallon aquarium for them to do their business.

Comment by Paul Ellinghuysen on November 19, 2010 at 5:00pm

Ive been trying to get a breeding colony started with tilapia hover Ive had no sucess. Someone suggested Iwasnt feeding them enough.Anything you did that got them going that you can remember. IT would be a help,thanks. Paul

Comment by TCLynx on November 19, 2010 at 2:26pm

These indoor pictures are old and from when I was trying to do some controlled breeding of tilapia. The big aquarium was moved out side and later broke. I still have a little aquarium set up feeding house plants but it's been fishless for months.

Comment by Paul Ellinghuysen on November 19, 2010 at 12:19pm

Are you going to raise catfish here? Been looking at your photos .Every inventive! Paul