wow Rex that was educational.
it seems my Tilapia survive at least 6 months of the year,
I guess if they were Blues they'd go 8 months or more?
In Texas? YOU would get 8 months, or more!
They go in the water 10 degrees cooler and last 10 degrees cooler than Mozambique. Sexual maturity and age are near the same, yet you can expect 2-6 more late season spawns in a season from Blues. Since these late spawns include not only the stockers, but also surviving, matured YOY, the last spawns are MASSIVE just when the MB and other predators prepare to gorge on the lethargic buffet.
In Alabama, in your latitude, 10 months survival is pretty well expected for the Blues. Mild winters get an occasional overwintering population. There is no reproduction in late fall and winter due to an inadequate photoperiod, so most get consumed anyway when lethargic.
