What is the tilapia at Asian Markets...the mozambique mouth brooder right?

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syddakyd

syddakyd

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Has anyone kept one as a pet? They seem very hardy and somewhat tolerant of cramping which is unheard of for non-mbuna
 
Without a pic, I can't tell what you saw in the market. The most commonly cultured species of tilapia for food markets is the nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus.
 
Agree with Oddball, there are so many species being offered wothout a pic it would be impossible to tell.
I have seen T niloticus below


Coptodon zillii

Oreochromis mossambicus and hybrids of the above

Many are raised in very cramped conditions, although at some of the aquaculture factories I've been to, the filters are usually the size of home water heaters, and or have plant flow thru systems 20 times larger than the fish holding tanks.
The fish in the 2nd pic is from one of those factories near me.
 
He looks cool!

Keep a constant eye on your water parameter. That tilapia just about tripled your bio-load. Your existing bb colony is most likely not enough right now to handle that much waste with the sudden, new addition.
 
Looks to be Oreochromis aureus or niloticus. He's pretty faded, hard to tell species. They are fairly bullet proof fish eiher way, aureus is a little more cold tolerant and Niles grow larger.
 
When you say faded so you mean that white color its bred to be or that it looks stressed? it is accepting cichlid pellets. it being more vegetarian is a plus because i have to watch the mbuna's protein intake.

I slowed down a video of it yawning lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n4k-l9SIjg
 
xraycer said:
He looks cool!

Keep a constant eye on your water parameter. That tilapia just about tripled your bio-load. Your existing bb colony is most likely not enough right now to handle that much waste with the sudden, new addition.
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Yea I figured as much. the tank is only a 56 gallon and the problem is obvious off the bat lol
 
Just meant overall coloring from being moved and maybe not being kept in high water quality before being sold....I use the striping for identification. Looking again, it does look to be a Nile.
 
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