ok, so today i harvested one of my ponds and i weighed and counted all the fish. i was quite surprised to learn that i was grossly under feeding them. i come to the conclusion that the fish will eat 2-3% of their body weight if you feed them 3 times a day, as much as they can eat in a time space of no longer than 10 minutes.
so i dont know if someone else out there can use this information to confirm and even refine what i have concluded on my own.
on a side note i was very surprised of the growth rate and fcr that was achieved. in a single month i was feeding them only around 1.5% body mass of pellet per day, yet their weight went from 300g average to 500g average in only a single month? that would give a fcr <1. seems impossible. i did notice the pond water had become contaminated with thousands of shrimp. could it be that tilapia eat live shrimp?