Originally Posted by ewest
Originally Posted by Brian from Texas
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A few questions I had:

1. Can there be too many blue tilapia in the pond? Sometimes I’ll see 40 or 50 adult tilapia in the 2 to 6 pound class cruising around (yes, 6 pounds – we hold the Texas state record).

Absolutely if the tilapia overwinter in your location, then you can have far too many and burden your carrying capacity. That can lead to a high % of your biomass being in tilapia with the potential for a die-off of the lake.


That's the reasoning behind why it's illegal to stock Blue Tilapia in Texas.


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