Steve -- you need to do a article, or a series of articles, in Pond Boss Magazine, about what you are doing.
Bob Lusk is very good at taking whatever you give him, and turning it into prize winning articles.
By the way, I think my tilapia here in the office saw the comments about being "sewer fish" and were less than happy with the slur against them and their relatives.
I've been doing aquaponics and cage culture for a number of years. I also fought hard to get tilapia listed as pond and aquaponics fish here in our state. I must say that tilapia are a pretty special fish for a lot of reasons.
They are the only species that made it through this entire season in my aquaponics system. It included fathead minnows, goldfish, green sunfish, bluegill, and tilapia.
We removed the tilapia from the aquaponics tank in late October when the water had gotten down into the 50 F degree area. I put them in a 78 F degree heated tank with some 2-3 inch bluegill that started out as yolksacs in the early summer. The male tilapia are still thriving, and have gotten to about 12 inches. They were about 8 inches last fall. The bluegill all died. The female tilapia all found ways to commit suicide.
Last edited by catmandoo; 01/11/14 07:31 PM.
