Originally Posted By: BBoss
"... other fish do a far better job at poorly converting nutrients." uncertain I get what you mean here, Rainman


It Refers to nutrient (food) conversion. A tilapia gains 1 pound of flesh from eating 1.2 pounds of quality food. A Large Mouth Bass gains 1# from about 4# of quality feed (10# of natural food) Catfish and most sunfish need about 2-3# of high quality feed to gain a pound.

Tilapia generally cost about 1/3 per pound than other fish to grow.

When I said "... other fish do a far better job at poorly converting nutrients.", It was me politely saying they crap out a lot of undigested nutrient, for plants to uptake after bacteria breaks the waste poo down.

Last edited by Rainman; 10/19/15 07:28 AM.