Tilapia are sometimes known as “aquatic chicken”, due to their high growth rates, adaptability to a wide range of environmental conditions, ability to grow and reproduce in captivity and feed on low trophic levels. As a result, these fishes have become excellent candidates for aquaculture, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Indeed, tilapia culture has been expanding rapidly, and is now practiced in more than one hundred countries worldwide.
Chapters
- Introduction to Tilapia Raising
- 1.0 Biology of Tilapia
- 2.0 Hatchery Management & Fingerling Production
- 3.0 Fresh Water Fishpond
- 4.0 Cage Culture
Producers directory here and here
For more information, and Seminars & Training, contact:
The Freshwater Aquaculture Center
Central Luzon State University Science
City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija
Telefax: (044) 456-0681
Agri-Aqua Network International (AANI) Inc.
FTI Ave. corner Duhat Road, FTI Complex, Taguig City
Tel.Nos: 02-839-1782; 02-837-003382
Fax No.: 02-839-1772
Web: www.aani.net
SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department
Tigbauan 5021, Iloilo
Trunkline connecting all offices: (033) 336-2965, 511-9170 to 71
Fax: (033) 335-1008
Email: aqdchief@aqd.seafdec.org.ph
Web: www.seafdec.org.ph
Dr. Rafael D. Guererro III (PCAMRD)
Phone: (049) 536-1582/5578
Web: www.pcamrd.dost.gov.ph
Technology Resource Center
TRC Building, 103 J. Abad Santos cor. Lopez Jaena Sts.,
Little Baguio, San Juan, City
Tel: 727-6205 loc. 208, 209 / 0928-5022684
Web: www.tlrc.gov.ph
Raising Tilapia in Hydrovortex Tanks
Baliwood Tilapia Farm
Galong, Dagatan, Dolores, Quezon
Web: www.baliwoodtilapiafarm.com
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Good day! I’m planning to start Tilapia Integrated farming in my province in Cam. Sur. To plant rice and tilapia raising at the same time. The land is purely ricefield w/ deepwell irrigation and zero flooded. As my pilot project I want to start with 5-boxes:20×10Meters w/ 0.50M dike along the perimeter. There’s a channel at the middle with 0.5Mx0.5M section at 20Meters length. Pls. advice if I can put 500 stocks with 15-20gr wt. on each box and after 3 months is good to harvest before the rice? I will appreciate whatever inputs i will get from any concerned person with a good hearth. Thank you and more power…Jojo.
gudday po can i ask something? where can i buy fingerlings here in kalookan city and how many fingerlings of tilapia can i put in a drum?
My friend who is raising tilapia said you need to have a market or ready market for your tilapia. Or else, you will be at the mercy of middlemen who has control/knowledge of the market come harvest time. Maybe you can promote how to make tilanggit/ dried tilapia to complement this tilapia farming biz.
Aqua-kapihan…The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in cooperation with Agri Aqua Network International, Inc. (AANI) will launch AQUA KAPIHAN 2010 through a public forum on Sustaining Philippine Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector. Full info
Announcement…I will be giving a free seminar on Tilapia Culture on Saturday, Feb13, Saturday, from 8-12AM at the AANI Herbal Garden, Quezon City Circle. For more details please contact (AANI) at (02)4972755. Entrance to AANI seminar venue is at the front of the Philippine Coconut Authority Bldg (PHILCOA). Everybody is invited.
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is there a crablet supplier on this site in gapan n.e.? i’m planning of adding some crabs to my tilapia fishpond. 09326862395
Hi Guys..
Need your help I constructed a 4 X 3 X 1 Meter concrete pond with a deep well water source.I did not put any soil on the bottom coz Im using Commercial feed . I stock more or less 1000 pcs of Tilapia Fingerlings. After a week some of the fishes are beginning to die.few do an erratic swimming behavior, rubbing of body against the bottom of ponds,Most of the fingerling that died has Greenish mold or some kind on the base of their Fins.
Im just using a Met blue and Salt solution to cure the fingerling but the number of casualties is increasing.
Need your help .. I just new on this Business and I don’t want to loose hope on this early stage
Prior to your treatment, did you put something in your tank aside from the feed?
What is the color of your water?
norman.whit@yahoo.com
Nope..I haven’t put any.. the color of the water is green and Im really worried because the average dead fingerlings every day is about 10 to 15 pcs.I have 20 pcs Red tilapia among them and 3 of them already died.
But the thing is during the first week I think I over feed the fingerling and turned the water brown with an unpleasant smell.I removed the fingerlings put them on a container and drained my tank empty and replenish it with water and put the salt solution and met blue then the fish start dying.
hopng for your imputs
You might be having bacterialor fungal infestations.
Though the information you provided is too little to conclude.where is your location?
Hi Reggie:
Streptococosis is a bacterial infection that commonly affects tilapia moreso, if you are using the GIFT Strain. Its symptom includes twirling movement, bulging eyes, and lesion on the body. It affects the the nervous system, thus the twirling movement. It also affects the liver of the fish. If untreated, it can lead to total decimation of your stocks.
If you have these symptoms, the only treatment there is through the use of antibiotics. Fluorphenicol or oxytetracycline can be applied to the water at 1g/liter of water(1ppm) or incorporated to your feeds at 1g/kg feed.
i am trying to raise tilapia as my new experiment in ag. whatz to know about them
what’s pangasius? tanong ko po kung may alam kayong palaisdaan na sina-sangla o pinapaupahan sa bandang bataan, bulacan, nueva ecija, cavite, batangas, quezon, batangas. salamat po.
@raymond, fishpond 4 sale/rent dito madami:
http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+category/id/27/q/fishpond/Lot+/+Land+/+Farm
hello there, can you advise me if wat volume of figerlings is good to start up,bcoz im i first timer on that field,.
how about the market of tilapia
Greetings!
I intend to ‘commercially’ grow tilapia in a recirculating aquaculture system coupled with hydroponic method of growing veggies & crops. Anyone in here (Philippines) who’s been very succesful in AQUAPONICS? I am currently making a blue print for such a project and I thought someone out there might want to engage in brainstorming about such projects. Say, consultancy gratis et amore.
Unsolicited advise are most welcome.
Thanks,
Ramon
(raemon@rocketmail.com)
Hi Ramon-
I have been raising Tilapia here in Thailand for several years and have recently begun growing vegetables using aquaponics. Some of them are in soil less closed recirculating culture draining back into the fishponds and some are in containers and raised beds in an open system. They are growing great!
I need to update my website but if you’d like to see some recent pictures or ask any questions drop me a line at info@GoodEarthAgriculture.org.
Cheers
Steve
I have learnt more information about telapia culture in floating cage on river and I also started the project in Bangladesh. But now I want to know the technology about poultry rearer on floating cage. So please send me the address, pictures if possible.
Thanks
Mohiyud-Din Ahammed
from Bangladesh
i contructed a 300 sq meter pond and watered by deepwell also. i stocked the pond last june with 6ooo all male tilapia fingerlings. as of this september 2009, most of the fish reached about 2 to 3 inches in length.i’m feeding them with commercially available fish food. i’m wondering if the fish has stunted growth. did i overstocked? please help. it’s supposed to be my pilot project and want to add two more ponds if this first one will become succesful. thank you very much
Yes, Mr. Garcia. You overstocked. Your 300sq.m. pond can only hold a maximum of 1,500 fish until harvest. This is assuming that you have a 1 meter water depth and without aeration.
Presuming that you have good quality feeds and fingerlings, the main reason why tilapia will not grow is low level of dissolved oxygen in the water. Keep in mind that oxygen is a function of metabolism and no matter how much feed you give your fish, they still will not grow.
With overstocking, your fish will compete for the limited amount of oxygen in the water. Therefore it follows that when you provide aeration, you can stock more.
Of course, the level of oxygen will also decrease if your water is “dirty”, meaning, it has high organic load. The solution for this is simply to change water.
You will know that oxygen level is low in your system when your fish are always at the surface of the water, gasping for air.
Good luck
Thanks for the info, J. P. Baldia. I think the obvious solution is to put an aerator or to decrease the number of fish in the pond to 1500. I wil opt to decrease the number of fish and release the others to the river nearby. But if I can secure an aerator, can it help or frequent changing of water will do? If you will not mind, I want to ask more specific questions about this topic since I am planning to make this a business when I retire from working abroad. My e- mail add: rayjo@emirates.net.ae
Thank you again.
i also would like to raise tilapia.could someone in cavite area can help me learn to?