Tilapia vs gold fish

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I usually get feeder fish once a week and feed them really good pellets the rest of the week but I've been thinking about switching to tilapia every day or eod, is it better then gold fish?I kno it has to be in terms if diseases and parasites but better in terms of growth? Also my pellets are expensive ones 25.99 a bag and the other is 35.99 a bag.
 

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I've been in the same exact position as you. My current stock would go through a jumbo bag of hikari carni sticks in about 2 1/2 weeks which is around 35 bucks. I switch a day with market prawns and also tilapia. Works perfectly and save $$$
 

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As fare as pellets go I buy the jumbo carni sticks and the massivor pellets witch are actually better then the carni sticks 1 pellet is = to 1.8 gold fish but its almost a 40 $ bag after tax and as the fish get bigger they eat more and more. I was just wondering if tilapia would grow the fish super quick like gold fish and good pellets. I'm going to take a educated guess and say yes sense its fish and full of protein but I've never tryed it.
 

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I NEVER feed goldfish to any of my species. Tilapia is much better for nutritional value.

I have raised Tilapia for food. it is easy. They grow on the moderate side 1.2" per month.

Buy 100 Tilapia fingerlings. Gut stuff during quarantine in the cheap $5 16 gallon Walmart totes with a seeded V sponge filter or two.

By the end of a three week QT, you will have uber live feed for your fish.

The Nile Oreochromis grows the fastest and reaches sexual maturity the quickest of the three species sold in the markets as "Tilapia".

They will spawn from fingerlings within 8 months. More like 9 - 10 for the blue O's. I haven't tried the Moz. O. species.

Also if you want to buy the Tilapia from markets, whole fish are cheaper by weight. The junk that we throw out after "filleting" to Oreachromis is the best "stuff" to feed your fish. You could kill two birs with one stone feeding your family and fish with whole rather than pre-filleted.
 

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I planned on buying the raw stuff its like 7.99 for a big bag and just chopping it up in to little pieces and throwing it in.
 

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If you have access to a pond or lake try minnow traps and catch bluegill.

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Not sure if talapia is going to work it just sinks and my aro is a top feeder any suggestions??
 

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Large mouth bass filets and chopped up bluegill work well for me. Free from my Lake, and neither contains thiaminase.

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Worms my silver loves worms and if they sink get a syringe and put a small amount of air in it.....also minnows seem to work for me

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Yea catching your own fish and filleting is a huge money saver. So are minnow traps and dip nets. For sinking tilapia use a feeding stick, I used a skewer stick, worked great
 
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