mozambique tilapia
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These are great fish...mouthbreeders best kept in a harem (1M/3-4 females). They can grow to well over a foot. Not too aggressive or picky about water. Very prolific when they get to be about 3-4"...
Matt
Matt
I have Oreochromis Niloticus and Aureus together and they do great together. However from my Tilapia experience. Females are not as large or aggressive as males. My two chase each other a little but aren't really mean. Hope this helps a little c:Mosambicus certainly are beautiful! Do you have any pics of them?
sorry no pics yet as i havnt purchased yet but am considering ,they only hve 2 left both males from there fighting with each other .they are only about an inch at moment.one other question i had was would they be ok with a butti ,butti is about 3 inches both wou;d be going into a 750 ltre tank
john
john
butti will shred them in time (but buttis shred everything). If they are truly both males, they won't like each other, but the butti will remedy that. I kept them in the 1960s in an unheated bathtub, they were the 1st cichlids to spawn for me.
I think they are the same ones being farmed for food or maybe a variation of them. They are good eating.
I agree with Matt and Duane, tilapia in a bath tub hahaha thats awesome, i have a pair remaining of the natural color variety, not crazy agressive but I've noticed with the female I got, when holding and getting ready to release she becomes quite aggressive chasing the male away from her....kept them in ponds for 2 years without ever feeding them.