Blue tilapia

[LOD]

Have any you guys seen or kept a blue tilapia......I saw one today for the first time and was in love and looking for more info.... Please Advice..?

 

[Alo96]

The Blue Tilapia is a freshwater fish with a high tolerance for brackish water. Adults are usually 5 to 8 inches (130 to 200 mm) in length and weigh 5 to 6 pounds (2.3 to 2.7 kg);the largest recorded specimen was more than 21 inches (530 mm) long and weighed more than 10 pounds (4.5 kg). Blue Tilapia are mouthbrooders, and broods range from 160 to 1600 eggs per female aureus is primarily herbivorous, but will occasionally consume zooplankton; the young include small invertebrates in their diet.

Oreochromis aureus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[LOD]

Have you every kept one....

 

[Alo96]

No lol, just a regular tilapia I cought on a lake.