5 little guys rescued from a mud puddle, looks like blue tilapia:
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That's crazy so sad smh.
Great save Victor.
The colorful one looks like a Jewel Cichlid.
Great save Victor.
The colorful one looks like a Jewel Cichlid.
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The five smaller blues had gone to a new owner in Ft. Lauderdale about half a year ago.
Lost the big blue. 22". 8" tall. Probably 5-6 yo, but could easiy be 8-9 yo. Collected from the koi pond at 10", at which size it could be 2 years or 5 yo as they don't grow big fast in fierce competition.
Either age (I read they live only 9 years) or the regular harassments by the 2 foot Nile tilapia tank mate (for which purpose I moved out the Nile bully only a few months ago to the neighboring 4500 gal) or the current Microbe-Lift broad spectrum disease treatment (malachite green + formaldehyde), which I have been administering after cleaning the 15,000 gal sump, which caused a mild outbreak of some external pathogen. No other fish has been affected that bad though by the treatment, everyone still feeds, so I am not sure why a bulletproof tilapia would quit.
Lost the big blue. 22". 8" tall. Probably 5-6 yo, but could easiy be 8-9 yo. Collected from the koi pond at 10", at which size it could be 2 years or 5 yo as they don't grow big fast in fierce competition.
Either age (I read they live only 9 years) or the regular harassments by the 2 foot Nile tilapia tank mate (for which purpose I moved out the Nile bully only a few months ago to the neighboring 4500 gal) or the current Microbe-Lift broad spectrum disease treatment (malachite green + formaldehyde), which I have been administering after cleaning the 15,000 gal sump, which caused a mild outbreak of some external pathogen. No other fish has been affected that bad though by the treatment, everyone still feeds, so I am not sure why a bulletproof tilapia would quit.
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Pics of the Blue tilapia from the previous post:
After only 3-4 months the Nile tilapia followed the Blue, reinforcing my suspicion that this is the age and they both lived out their life span. 21" long, 7" tall. As with the Blue, probably 5-6 years old, but could easily be 8-9 years old. Collected from the koi pond at 10" in 2018, at which size it could have been 2 years old or 5 years old as they don't grow big fast in fierce competition.
21" Nile and 22" Blue are close to record sizes in some states.
After only 3-4 months the Nile tilapia followed the Blue, reinforcing my suspicion that this is the age and they both lived out their life span. 21" long, 7" tall. As with the Blue, probably 5-6 years old, but could easily be 8-9 years old. Collected from the koi pond at 10" in 2018, at which size it could have been 2 years old or 5 years old as they don't grow big fast in fierce competition.
21" Nile and 22" Blue are close to record sizes in some states.
Lol, don't worry, I am cichlid-challenged too
I am so jealous of the fact that you can just cast a net in a local puddle and get those pike killifish like that. I have been looking for them up here in Canada forever...