Why Raise Tilapia: They Grow FAST!!!!

There are many reasons to raise tilapia. Today we are going to look at one reason; tilapia grow very rapidly.

Let's take blue tilapia hybrids. (Hybrids have all male babies without the use of testosterone.) It is common to only want male fry because the male tilapia grows faster and reaches a larger size than the female. If you want really large tilapia, You don't want more than 4 percent of your fish female.

In the right environment with an adequate supply of nutrition, it is possible for 50 gram fingerlings to become 500 gram fishes within 6 months. This means an average growth rate of 2.5 grams per day. So, in only 200 days, you can be harvesting 1 pound fish.

Anyone who has ever grown fish will tell you that 200 days to 1 pound is really fast!!!