Tilapia Aquaculture

Tilapia Aquaculture

 Tilapia is a fish with the most rapid growth than other fish. Nilan fish can grow to 1 kg of meat per tail with exceptional taste delicious. Tilapia is a favorite fish for fish farmers because of the high resale value as well as the rapid growth led to a shorter harvest time. Tilapia is also easy to cultivation, even fish can be cultivated with a variety of ways to use the pool, floating nets, or karamba, in the fields, even in brackish water fish pond that is able to grow and flourish.way of farming tilapia

History of TilapiaThese fish were first brought from Taiwan to the Bogor ie, in the Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute in 1969. after investigation desebarkan tilapia to various areas of fisheries and named in accordance with the Latin name nilotica. Where this name indicates the origin of these fish the river Nile in the African Continent. Initially these fish inhabit the river Nile in Uganda and they are for many - years of growing habitats and migrate southward to the river downstream through Lake Tanganyika to the Raft and Mesir.Ikan this with the help of humans has now spread to five continents. Although the preferred habitat is tropical and warm.

Tilapia fish habitatTilapia have the ability to adjust well with the surrounding environment. Fish have a high tolerance environment. So that he can be kept in brackish watery lowlands and high plains with low temperatures. He was able to live at a temperature of 14-38 degrees Celsius. With the best temperature is 25-30 degrees. The most influential to the growth is salinity or salt content of 0-29% as the maximum levels to grow well. Although he can live in salt content to 35% but he was unable to grow properly.

BreedingTilapia can reach adulthood at age 4-5 months and he will achieve maximum growth for the birth until the age of 1.5 to 2 years. By the time he was more than a year about - about weighing up to 800g and this time he could spend from 1200 to 1500 larvae each time he spawn. And can last for 6-7 times a year. Before spawning male tilapia always make a nest in the bottom waters and the area will he keep his own and is a territorial area. Tilapia males become aggressive during this season 
Tilapia fish eating habits
 Tilapia in the fish-eaters, including all or Omnivore. These fish can breed with a variety of both animal and vegetable foods. Tilapia when he was a seed, pakannya is plankton and algae whereas if he was an adult he could be given additional food such as pellets and various other food is taro leaves.Things you should know to keep the fish are tilapia: the growth of this fish is very dependent of the influence of physics and chemistry and their interactions. At the time of high rainfall such as the growth of various aquatic plants will be reduced so that interfere with the growth of water and indirectly interfere with the growth of tilapia. Tilapia will also be more cepar growth if maintained in shallow water, because in shallow ponds of plant growth and algae in the pool faster than the inside. There is another pool at the time of manufacture using organic fertilizer or manure will also make better growth of aquatic plants and fish tilapia will also be more rapid growth.Male tilapia also has advantages compared to the females. The males have a 40% faster growth than the females. Especially if kept in a pond that is differentiated. Or monosex 
Market prospects 
If you are interested in keeping fish species tilapia as it is quite true choice at all your options. Interest in the market for tilapia is still very wide, ranging from indigo to stage the seedlings until tilapia fish consumption categorized as all markets are still very possible to enter. Because including fish consumption by the market price is quite affordable.Tilapia fish species are targeted in the country market is a type of local tilapia fish where you can mensuply berbai you to the fishing pond as well as various restaurants, while the share of exports you should choose the red tilapia fish and tilapia gift, which of course the price is definitely will be more expensive than ordinary tilapia. Meat quality and body size to be demands for farmers to export their products. The requirements are a minimum of 500g of body weight per tail with a quality no 1. and objectives of its exports are Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, the United States and several countries in Europe.