IMHO if Tilapia eat all your algae, they don't starve. They might go on a diet. They'll eat pellets if you feed.

I've never had to bury any dead ones at the end of the season, either. Mother Nature's sanitary crew (raccoons, et. al.) do a good job with the corpses.


"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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