Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Tilapia Mating Habits

ML:

I understood your post on potential Tilapia reproduction to show the approximate potential numbers that could be produced through multiple generations of spawning. And you applied a Fudge Factor to attempt to account for fry loss through predation, which makes your numbers (much) more realistic than those classic, simple Fibonacci Sequences showing that the mass from the offspring of a single pair of rabbits will exceed that of the Earth in (2 years?).

We could all discuss the amount and timing of numbers reductions in real world Tilapia populations, well, pretty much forever (all one has to do to end the discussion is to completely understand every aspect of a pond ecology - no trivial task), but it would not affect your basic point that ... (DRUMROLL) ...

TILAPIA PRODUCE A WHOLE LOT OF OFFSPRING!