confused a little

[jpatz18]

well i want to my pond store by my house less then a mile away! . well they sell tiplia. I thought you couldnt buy talpia unless you have a permit? I am in Fl. Also i wa really supposed that i asked how much there catfish were, and they said a 1.00 a piece or 100 for 90.00. so i bought 5. i have no clue what they are but i will take pics. Sure beats 5.00 a piece. I figure if they get too big i can always eat them.

 

[WyldFya]

Prices sound user friendly. Awaiting pics.

 

[jpatz18]

pics

 

[davo]

nice little guys. good price. not sure about the talpia

 

[jpatz18]

do you know what kind of catfish they are?

 

[davo]

im sure if you posted some pics in the catfish section someone youd get a better response, im not sure what sp it is

 

[stotty]

Pictures are very poor quality and I can’t see anal fin but could be a channel cat juvenile

Thats a big boy fish if it is


??????look like this out of a bag???????

 

[abpositive]

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[jpatz18]

yeah thats looks like it sorry for the pics its not me its the camera!

 

[Jesse]

Looks like a channel cat, Ictalurus punctatus, to me too.

Regarding the legality of tilapia in Florida, most of the 100 or so species are prohibited outright, but four species are legal w/ a permit, and one species, blue tilapia, is unrestricted in some counties. Here's some info from the state fisheries website:

http://floridafisheries.com/Fishes/restricted.html#res-tilapia