tilapia identifaction anyone ?

[bridey]

hi all im new here today ,
lovely site eh !
right i got given some fry about a year and a bit ago
i know there tilapia but cant find anything like them anywere
i'd like to know what sort of fish it is .....thats eating me out of house and home ! i can help a little there female for a starter and the males were a dull brown colour with a metalicy stripe on there top lip. these are a lovely pink colour with typical egg spots on the back fins , they are fairly placid towards each other with no real trouble at all , but eat ! a full lettuce a day easily so if anyone knows anything about them i'd love to hear many thanks .

 

[amehel0]

they might be ( i have no idea) an orange strain of the mozambique tilapia.

http://www.pisces-aqua.co.uk/aquatext/images/fish%20etc/mossambic.htm

 

[santoury]

They do not have the "shape" of mossambicus.

My guesses are 1) If they are a pink variant, then probably a hybrid. 2) If they seem to be more or less "natural pinkish gray, then they are most likely Oreochromis esculentus.

 

[Peanut_Power]

Look like lunch to me!

 

[bridey]

mmm in the past couple of days one of the females has transmorphed into a male , still showing the pink colour but in a very bright vivid way , it looks very impressive , also now one of the other females is holding eggs and the others are showing signs of ripening , i'll post some more pics of them they have just grown massivly almost overnight so it seems

 

[WolfFisho1]

mmm in the past couple of days one of the females has transmorphed into a male , still showing the pink colour but in a very bright vivid way , it looks very impressive , also now one of the other females is holding eggs and the others are showing signs of ripening , i'll post some more pics of them they have just grown massivly almost overnight so it seems

even though it is none related i had that happen with a chicken! it started out laying eggs! then started crowing and the feathers made it look like a rooster! one of the judges even said it was a rooster! but it still layed eggs!

but to answer your question it does seem to be a strain of the mozambique!