Possibly wrong place to post...my apologies. I didn't see a place that fit.

It's a question on biology.

Prolonged exposure to brown blood disease is supposed to have adverse effects including sterilization of fish...or so I have read. Keep this thought in mind.

My Tilapia spend more time breeding instead of getting bigger as of lately. Wasn't a problem in the past, but this generation just wants to breed. For my purposes, this is wasted energy. I am trying to make them bigger, faster.

IF the above note on Brown Blood is true, then wouldn't I want to expose them to it to sterilize them, forcing the body to grow instead of breed. Therby making them bigger? But I have no way of testing to know when is enough enough. I can't find any articles anywhere on this. I don't like the reverse sex options or the hormone options I have read. Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.