Tilapia are they cool?

[Ahsan Ali]

Can tilapia be kept in backrish and marine tank?

 

[cassharper]

there are a few species of brackish fish in the tilapia genus, but you'd be hard pressed to find them in the aquaria trade

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Same as above, none will tolerate full marine theer are a few that do live in brackish conditions but why would you want to keep them like that?

 

[gthiele]

Just stick with the FW plus Brackish is harder to maintain

 

[Ahsan Ali]

I bought 20 of them to feed my arowana but my arowana died. Each were 1cm long and the guy told me they are from backrish water and I can put them in freshwater. I was just wondering what type of system do they belong to [fresh, backrish or marine]

 

[The Ippster]

post some picks and we can tell you what kind of tilapia they are, but they will live in freshwater just fine, they are super hardy fish too, but most of them get huge, up to 15 " and they grow fast

 

[Ahsan Ali]

I will take few pics. How fast do they grow?

 

[Lupin]

I will take few pics. How fast do they grow?

Growth rate is dependent on to many variables such as tank size, water conditions, food rations, etc hence it will usually vary depending on how the aquarist raises them.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

all of them will be able to live in pure freshwater, although there are some that are permanent inhabitants of marine environments.

 

[Ahsan Ali]

These are the big ones in that I captured. There is red on the belly which became light pink out of water - I got confused by this color change.

I searched a website [ http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid, Pink Tilapia.htm ]Can you guys confirm which one of those talipia I got.