CEI Blog » tilapia http://blog.ceibahamas.org Education, Research, Outreach Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:48:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Thousands of Tilapia for Aquaponics Team http://blog.ceibahamas.org/2012/07/23/thousands-of-tilapia-for-aquaponics-team/ http://blog.ceibahamas.org/2012/07/23/thousands-of-tilapia-for-aquaponics-team/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:06:50 +0000 http://islandschool.wordpress.com/?p=6739 The Aquaponics research team at The Cape Eleuthera Institute has successfully hatched nearly two thousand tilapia eggs. Eggs were removed from the mouths of the female brood stock and transferred to a larval rearing device known as a McDonald Jar where they were maintained at a water temperature of 27°C. Tilapia are mouth brooders; upon fertilization of eggs the female scoops all of the eggs into her mouth and incubates them for 3-5 days. After spending four days in the McDonald Jar, the eggs had a near 100% successful hatch rate and transformed into fry. They have officially been introduced into the aquaponics system and are doing FANTASTIC!

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