Originally Posted By: Cecil Baird1
 Originally Posted By: Rainman
Bluegill and SMB will hammer the tilapia fry and small fish after the bloom is controlled. Early spawns may well grow large enough to avoid predation.




So I might not worry about putting them in an RAS initially to get larger but can plant some fry I get from you directly into the pond?


Maybe not fry (<1") But certainly 50 to a hundred 2" fish would get large so fast the SMB could not eat them. I doubt a 1 lb gill could get a 2-3" tilapia in it's mouth either. (If it could catch it--They're fast!)