ORIGINAL: kevin1
Do you know what they eat? Uggghhhhh!!!! [:'(]
Hello Kevin.
These are Mozambique Tilapia, African Cichlids and they are vegetarians. I've never seen one take a baited hook, even though they are built alot like a crappie or perch, theydon't seempredatory at all in the wild.
I've had younger ones in my aquarium, and they can be induced to eat anything in captivity. I've seen them take taco-chips along the river-walk in San Antonio where folks feed them.
I've examined the stomachs of alot of Tilapia, hoping to find an angle on some type of fly etc. that might get them to hit a hook. All I ever find is green algae, and I've seen them scraping the same off of submerged plants.
They are very alert, cautious fish, not nearly as easy to shoot as carp or gar.
Just curious, what do you think that they eat?
BP