Tilapia Growth Chart

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Tilapia Growth Chart

About 4 to 6 weeks from hatching, fingerlings should be about 1 gram, if culture temperatures are in the mid 80s (degrees F). The following table assumes that warm temperature range, moderate to aggressive feeding, in terms of percent biomass per day, and also assumes that fish stocking densities do not exceed 80kg per cubic meter (about 2/3rds pound per gallon)



This is the target average weight of the individual fish.

Week 1, about 3 grams Week 2, 5 g

Wk 3, 7g

Wk 4, 10g

Wk 5, 13g

Wk 6, 18g

Wk 7, 23g

Wk 8, 29g

Wk 9, 37g

Wk 10, 45g

Wk 11, 60g

Wk 12, 78g

Wk 13, 97g

Wk 14, 118g

Wk 15, 140g

Wk 16, 162g

Wk 17, 184g

Wk 18, 207g

Wk 19, 231g

Wk 20, 256g

Wk 21, 282g

Wk 22, 309g

Wk 23, 337g

Wk 24, 365g

Wk 25, 393g

Wk 26, 422g

Wk 27, 451g......about 7 months, about 1 pound now.

Wk 28, 480g

Wk 29, 509g

Wk 30, 538g

Wk 31, 567g

Wk 32, 596g

Wk 33, 625g

Wk 34, 654g

Wk 35, 683.......about 9 months, about 1.5 pounds now.

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Aquaponics Tilapia Harvesting

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Aquaponics Tilapia Harvesting 

This video shows how to harvest, clean, and fillet tilapia from your aquaponics system.

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What are the benefits of aquaponics

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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF AQUAPONICS?

 
Reduced water use
Reduced chemical use
Reduces pesticide use when set up in a greenhouse
Reduces erosion by eliminating the need to plough the soil
Reduced running costs compared to a conventional horticultural farm

Aquaponics, ækw??p?n?ks, pisciponics

Stops backbreaking work of digging the soil and weeding for the home gardener
Can produce fish and plants for the family / grower all year round, using a greenhouse
Compared to conventional Hydroponic growers, Aquaponics does not need to use chemical nutrients for the plants, as the fish waste provides these nutrients to the plants. This eliminates the pollution of waterways, which is usually used to dispose of the eliminated chemical water.
Compared to conventional Aquaculture growers, an Aquaponics system does not have a build-up of wastes in the system that causes the water to become toxic due to the nitrites. Aquaponics utilises this waste, with the bacteria in the grow beds converting the nitrites into nitrates, which the plants then consume as their main nutrient source.

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