North Central Regional Aquaculture Center

Feeding Tilapia in Intensive Recirculating Systems

There are many species of tilapia, but only a few are widely cultured around the world. Choosing a species to culture depends largely on customer preference, legal status, growth rate and cold tolerance.

Tilapia are well suited for culturing in ponds, cages, tanks, or raceways.  This publication, Feeding Tilapia in Intensive Recirculating Systems, outlines the benefits of culturing Tilapia in recirculating systems, feed requirements for these systems, and how to feed Tilapia in recirculating systems.