I really don't know. I have zero experience with tilapia. Just what I have read about them. Would be interesting to take two nearly identical ponds next to each other with a mess of duck weed, FA and other weeds growing in them and let blues go in one, and niles go in the other and see which species did the best job at eating the mess up.
Same here. No experience either. I'm not sure if I want to plant them in any of my ponds or not. I want them for algae and possibly Chara control but I don't want them competing with my bluegills and perch for invertebrates. I pellet feed but I do know my fish also eat natural food.
