I am really having a blast with this forum. Many years ago we used to raise the Tilapia in our fish tanks as a hobbyist. Tilapia if I remember correctly are a mouth brooder. They lay the eggs...the male fertilizes and the female carries the eggs in her mouth until they are of decent size fry. I remember the fry being so big that the mother fish had her gills poked out to expand her mouth. Here in Illinois it would not be smart for us to add them to our ponds since we have such a limited season to keep them alive. The pond owner would not know that this was going on because the female does obviously not eat while she is carrying her young.

Bullheads and Carp are the devil~