Tilapia fingerlings and tilapia breeding colonies for sale
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Tilapia fingerlings for sale
Tilapia fingerlings are not clones. A mistake often made by aquaponics growers, who tend see plants as copies of each other, is believing that all tilapia are created equally. But nothing could be further from the truth. Every tilapia, even within the same species, has unique markings and characteristics that set it apart as an individual. One characteristic that is of particular importance to both aquaponics and aquaculture, is what is known as the rate of growth. As each tilapia fry is hatched into this world, its own unique rate of growth has already been coded into its DNA. In every brood, there are tilapia that have the potential to grow to 20 ounces in six months, as well as tilapia that will barely get to three ounces in the same amount of time.
Problems arise when tilapia of different growth rates are kept together. The larger tilapia will dominate the smaller ones for control over food. This causes the average and small sized tilapia to adapt by suppressing their appetites, which further inhibits their growth and may lead to stunted growth, a condition which makes them permanently small. We solve these problems by sorting our tilapia fingerlings into three groups: slow, average, and fast growth rates. When a brood of tilapia fingerlings reaches an average size of one inch we grade each tilapia, and group them with others that share similar growth rate and size. This kind of grading cannot be performed on tilapia fry. Which incidentally, is why some tilapia re-sellers are trying to re-define the term "tilapia fingerlings" to include .5 inch fry, thereby ridding themselves of the hassles of grading altogether. Unfortunately, it is the home tilapia farmer or aquaponic gardener who finds out later on, that the few cents saved on cheaper half inch to one inch (quote) "tilapia fingerlings" has all been lost because only 1/3rd of their tilapia reached harvest size.
When you buy tilapia fingerlings from us, you actually get tilapia fingerlings, not re-imagined tilapia fry. You can choose from three different rates of growth to suit your harvest needs, including a special mixed growth rate, from which we've removed all the obvious runts. Don't worry, we still find homes for all of our runts as pond cleaners. If you are interested in finding our more about sorting tilapia by rate of growth, and how growth rates affect the efficiency of your tilapia farm, visit our Tilapia Fingerling Grading page on our main website. And of course, all of our tilapia fingerlings are grow-out ready when they arrive. They range in sizes from 1 inch to 2 inches long. They have been inspected. They are disease and hormone free. And they have not been genetically modified in any way. Our Blues and Niles are certified pure strain and our Wami hybrids come from pure strain parents.
Pure strain Blue tilapia fingerlings
Maximum temperature: 106º F
Minimum temperature: 47º F
Minimum oxygen level: 7ppm
Known in some parts of the world as "St. Peters Fish", after the bible story about Jesus sending Apostle Peter to look into the mouth of the first fish he caught, for a coin to pay the temple tax, our Blue tilapia fingerlings are identical to the ones swimming in the Sea Of Galilee over two thousand years ago. They can grow to over nine pounds and 24 inches in length. In the wild, Blue tilapia live naturally in water ranging from 47º F to 86º F but they can tolerate water as warm as 106º F. Blue tilapia are the most temperature forgiving of all the tilapia species, making them perfect for multi-year growing in areas where winter pond temperatures are a concern.
Wami hybrid tilapia fingerlings
Maximum temperature: 106º F
Minimum temperature: 60º F
Minimum oxygen level: 5ppm
Our all-male Wami hybrid tilapia fingerlings are the natural result of crossing a pure strain Wami male tilapia with a pure strain Mozambique female tilapia. The Wami species has slightly higher levels of testosterone than the Mozambique has estrogen. When these two spawn, the resulting offspring become all-natural male fingerlings, without the need for any hormone laced food. These hybrids also inherit the improved body form and rapid growth rate of their Wami father. They can grow to harvest size in less time, and have larger filets than any other tilapia species.
Pure strain Nile tilapia fingerlings
Maximum temperature: 108º F
Minimum temperature: 56º F
Minimum oxygen level: 3ppm
Nile tilapia have been farmed in Egypt for over five thousand years. They have their own hieroglyph and are depicted in the frescos, carvings, and scarabs found in several ancient Egyptian tombs. Nile tilapia fingerlings can grow to be as large as 24 inches. They live naturally in water temperatures ranging from 56 to 91º F, but they can survive in water temperatures as high as 108º F.
Nile tilapia are the most commonly farmed tilapia in the tropical regions of the world, and a popular choice with aquaponic farmers in the U.S. We do not recommend Nile tilapia for commercial aquaculture or aquaponics outside of the gulf coast or the Florida peninsula, due their increased cost to maintain in colder winter climates, and their slower growth when compared to Wami hybrids.
Tilapia fry for sale
Save money with unsorted tilapia fry. Since tilapia fry can't be graded for size or rate of growth, we offer them at a price that reflects our time savings. For those of you who want to stagger or delay the introduction of tilapia fingerlings into your ponds, keeping tilapia fry on hand is a great way to ensure that you'll have new tilapia stock ready to go when you are. Tilapia fry will only grow as fast as you feed them and you can actually regulate their development a bit by feeding more or less per day. Just make sure that you always give enough food to allow for some growth, and not completely stop it. If you have questions about raising tilapia fry, please contact us and we'll be happy to teach you everything you need to know.
Tilapia breeding colonies for sale
Tilapia breeding colonies are the way to go for anyone who wants to raise their tilapia from scratch. We only sell young compatible tilapia that will typically begin to produce fingerlings within a few weeks of their arrival. You can keep breeder colonies in 55 gallon aquariums for several months, if you carefully control their food intake so that they don't outgrow their home. If you're curious about to expect when your tilapia breeder colony arrives, we've made the YouTube video above to show you.
Pure strain Blue tilapia breeding colonies
Minimum breeding temp: 68º F
Optimal breeding pH level: 8.0
Blue tilapia breeding colonies consist of six fish: one male and five females. The scientific name for Blue tilapia is Oreochromis aureus. Other names for Blue tilapia are Israeli tilapia and St. Peters Fish. They are native to the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias), the rivers of the Jordan Valley, the Lower Nile River, and the Chad Basin. The largest on record was 24 inches long weighing 9.6 pounds. See the full story here.
The prices below include free shipping and handling. A $65 value per breeding colony!
Wami hybrid tilapia breeding colonies
Minimum breeding temp: 68º F
Optimal breeding pH level: 8.0
This is it! The improved body form Wami tilapia male with five pure strain orange Mossambica tilaipa females. The naturally occurring testosterone levels of the Wami male will produce all-male Wami hybrids and the improved body form will produce larger filets than any other tilapia in as little as six months.
The prices below include free shipping and handling. A $65 value per breeding colony!
Pure strain Nile tilapia breeding colonies
Minimum breeding temp: 68º F
Optimal breeding pH level: 8.0
Nile tilapia breeding colonies consist of six fish: one male and five females. The scientific name for Nile tilapia is Oreochromis niloticus. Nile tilapia were pond farmed in ancient Egypt and live naturally in the warm waters of Africa.
The prices below include free shipping and handling. A $65 value per colony!
