Supposedly tilapia eat settled organic detritus according to Rainman our forum resident tilapia expert. Rex says tilapia eat organics to get the bacteria growing on the organics. I've seen tilapia ingest bottom organics in a fish tank. IMO tilapia will eat algae before they eat dead bottom organic materials. Dead organic materials are probably an alternative food source for tilapia especially when algae are abscent.
Turtlemtn answers most of his own questions IMO correctly, so I will not answer them again.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 02/08/16 03:38 PM.
