Because it includes the introduction of tilapia fry, site rental and construction, feed and disease and daily management costs, spread out the cost of each production of a pound of tilapia is about 3.5 yuan / kg. 2 yuan / kg sold, each catty will have to lose 1.5 yuan. Tilapia is a tropical fish, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other waters flooded. People describe it as long as there is a mouthful of water can live fish, tilapia sold in the market is mainly to artificial culture 1 ~ 2 pounds of a main, can be steamed can also be braised.

Tilapia basically flooded, in the stinking gutter can be seen in groups of tilapia, due to water pollution is particularly serious, in Guangdong few people like to eat tilapia, boiled out with a diesel flavor. The market price is cheaper than other fish. Tilapia in the heavy metal pollution of the water is also viable, like many of the Guangdong side of the stinking ditch can be seen in its figure, so the wild tilapia few people buy. If it is artificial with information raised tilapia that is even less tasty! Tilapia, widely popular in the south, a freshwater fish, but can also live in brackish water with different salt content, but also in shallow lakes, rivers, and ponds. Not even is also able to grow in rice paddies and adapt extremely quickly to waters with little dissolved oxygen.

Tilapia generally use plant-based feed, plus it feeds on phytoplankton on its own, so in order to reduce feed costs, to fertilize the pond, to promote the propagation of plankton, but fertilization should pay attention to the amount, so as not to damage the environment of the waters, which affects the growth and quality of tilapia. Tilapia is a tropical fish that does not tolerate low temperature and will gradually die when the water temperature drops below 12℃. Under normal circumstances, tilapia in addition to a few areas in the south of China can be natural overwintering, other areas need to take measures to help overwintering.