Dave's ground breaking news.

[jackalope]

From the looks of that pic above, I'm not sure that looking in ditches for my Tilapia is too good an idea

[davidstcldfl]

have a breeder colony of T. hornorum. Yesterday I spotted a bunch of 1" fingerlings. I check these guys every day for holding females and never saw a thing.

How old are they before you can tell the sexes apart ? Of course you've been doing this for sometime. I was 'guessing' when I checked mine....seeing as how it was the first time.

[davidstcldfl]

From the looks of that pic above, I'm not sure that looking in ditches for my Tilapia is too good an idea

I love that picture

Did you click on the link and watch the video ? Thats even better...lol

http://www.wesh.com/news/23224502/detail.html

[davidstcldfl]

....bummer. Went to clean the tank......no 'mom' fish. She must of jumped durring the night.
I did have a cover. It has an opening for the filter.The filter was to one side of the opening...she must of hit the opening just right , to get out.

[jackalope]

....bummer. Went to clean the tank......no 'mom' fish. She must of jumped durring the night.
I did have a cover. It has an opening for the filter.The filter was to one side of the opening...she must of hit the opening just right , to get out.

Yup!, I watched the video .... good reason NOT to move too far south! Can't you just shoot it and say it was self-defense?

Sorry to hear that you lost your mama, the good thing is that you can run down to the ditch and get another ...... IF you don't meet up with a hungry aggilater

[davidstcldfl]

This morning, I thought instead of just letting a gallon or so out of my swirl filter....I'd go ahead and shut off the incoming flow and do a good clean up.

I put the water on my blueberry bushes, citrus, nectarines and a few 'maters' that I have in 5 gal pots.
I took the garden hose and was trying to flush out the last of the 'pooh'. I was having a heck of a time getting those last 2 pieces out...it was like they were swimming against the flow.... . They were !....tilapia fry are strong swimmers...

I wonder how many I dumped out on my plants ?.... . Of the 2 I saved....one was about 1/2 an inch the other was 3/4".

[davidstcldfl]

I have a breeder colony of T. hornorum. Yesterday I spotted a bunch of 1" fingerlings. I check these guys every day for holding females and never saw a thing. I'm motivated as the males are $150 each.

Are you selling the hornorum males for breeding w/ other species like mossambicas?

Are they 'super' males?

Hi ernie... I don't mind you making the post here....
I think you may have better results by going to the 'members' list and 'PM' Badflash dirrectly.

I 'wish' I had some super males to sell you.....

[davidstcldfl]

I went out to do the mid-day feeding. I decided to take off all the covers, so I could see what was going on.
Of course, they all start coming up, when I take a cover off. They think they are going to get fed.
I noticed one staying in a corner.....I kept an eye on her. I was thinking she might be carrying eggs. So I was trying to net her. Just as I was about ready to scoop her up...I saw about 100 fry swim out of her mouth. They liked swimming right through my net.....

I took a section of window screen and lined my net with it. I ended up catching at least 100. I threw them in the 10 gal with the two I found this morning.
I tossed in some pvc fittings .....hope this helps the little guys hide from the other 2.

Guys that have been doing this for awhile, are probably getting a chuckle out of this.... To all the newb's like myself....We really got to learn to be observant.

[badflash]

I'd get rid of the 2 big ones, or put them back in the big tank. At that age they will suck up all the babies.

I also saw that I never answered your question on sexing. I sex them at about 4". It takes a bit of experience to do it reliably.

[davidstcldfl]

OK...thanks Badflash.

Maybe I'll throw the 2 lill' guys in with the goldfish.