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- From: luden@lehigh.edu (Dean E. Nelson)
- Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
- Subject: Re: Tilapia: Of any value to aquarists?
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:54:26 GMT
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- In article <C1646y.EnB@uceng.uc.edu> jpenix@uceng.uc.edu (John Penix) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan20.155856.28143@bnr.ca> dbailey@bnr.ca (Douglas Bailey) writes:
- >>In article <25201@galaxy.ucr.edu>, boots@watnxt14.ucr.edu (k steven thomas) writes:
- >>|> In article <connolly.727418596@vincent2.iastate.edu> connolly@iastate.edu
- >>|> (Patrick H Connolly) writes:
- >>|> > Concensus question: I have a number of medium-sized tilapia.
- >>|> > Are they of any value? Shouls I even consider talking to a shop
- >>|> > about giving them away? I'm running out of room and I've
- >>|> > got 1 male and 4 females (Spawn-o-rama), every week or so.
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- >What ever you do, do not release these fish into a lake. They are very
- >good survivers and can easily replace native species.
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- They cannot survive water temperatures under 55 F, if what I've read is
- true, and if iastate means iowa state, unless you release them
- near a nuclear reactor cooling water outlet, I don't think they'll last
- through the winter.
-
- Talapia is a species that is widely cultured for food, even in the U.S.
- So, you could put a pool in your basement and feed them until they're
- big enough to eat.
-
- Dean Nelson den0@lehigh.edu
-