# Breeding Tilapia and Crayfish **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 5, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882 "2020-12-05T21:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/1 "2020-12-05T21:26:29Z")
I’m currently breeding and raising Tilapia and Crayfish. I was wondering if anyone else is doing the same in the Association. Maybe do a little sharing of experience? ---
**Author:** ![chris.thomas](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@chris.thomas](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/chris.thomas)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/2 "2020-12-06T12:17:19Z")
Where are you located? ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/3 "2020-12-06T13:10:08Z")
I’m in Western North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![jamesebeling](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@jamesebeling](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/jamesebeling)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/4 "2020-12-06T20:48:47Z")
What would you call a cross between a Tilapia and a Crayfish??? Would the Tilapia have claws or the Crayfish a bigger head??? ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/5 "2020-12-07T16:27:52Z")
Why, Craylapia of course. ---
**Author:** ![hcummings](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@hcummings](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/hcummings)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/6 "2020-12-07T19:21:06Z")
I breed tilapia (silver), and I backwash the largest fish feces that I can screen out into a decoupled freshwater tiger prawn tank before the remaining solids go to the swirl filter. The prawn tank is a 1000 gal (heated to 82F) with many bunkbed style layers of netting on two PVC cube frames. This tank has a clarifier, mineralization tank, and biofilter. I live in Stephenville, TX, but I am from Asheville. ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/7 "2020-12-07T21:42:22Z")
Sounds like a sweet setup. Any chance you could post some pics. It’d be cool to see some gopro underwater pics of the prawn setup. ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/8 "2020-12-07T21:46:25Z")
There is a gathering every year called PrepperCamp in NC. Here’s a pic of the Mobil Demo Trailer I take to speak on Aquaponics. ![Prepper Camp2020](https://d3e8tehwfo2wcv.cloudfront.net/original/1X/a07e75f6bb23c698af640f5cb92640aa5250221b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/9 "2020-12-07T21:55:04Z")
Here’s a couple pics of my current breeding setup using Aquaponics. sorry the water is so murky, I’m in the middle of a flush out. ![20201207_111754](https://d3e8tehwfo2wcv.cloudfront.net/original/1X/51772e1f4081fd2773e79f0d37f0b63487cfa88f.jpeg) ![20201207_111818](https://d3e8tehwfo2wcv.cloudfront.net/original/1X/0bad079cc6da43e4d7b41df68e4193e41d96e4a9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/10 "2020-12-07T22:00:32Z")
Here’s one from the last batch of Crayfish. For scale, the PVC is 2" ![crayfish1](https://d3e8tehwfo2wcv.cloudfront.net/original/1X/dce1cd286d6f6fb8ef69e0a7440fb4590a10b0fa.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![hcummings](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@hcummings](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/hcummings)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/11 "2020-12-08T22:02:07Z")
Nice set up. very professional and polished. May be you can visit my facebook page for photos. > **[Aquaponics Hydrotron](https://www.facebook.com/aquaponics.hydrotron)** > > Aquaponics Hydrotron is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Aquaponics Hydrotron and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdaRWd\_zrvHTPucjZfizHzQ?fbclid=IwAR2tqQmDMYXOu2tE6L1PaEu7ouDplmF-rLIlABz0KqR-Rr\_BcTunPWG0\_2A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdaRWd_zrvHTPucjZfizHzQ?fbclid=IwAR2tqQmDMYXOu2tE6L1PaEu7ouDplmF-rLIlABz0KqR-Rr_BcTunPWG0_2A) [![](https://d3e8tehwfo2wcv.cloudfront.net/original/1X/da1af20fd3ba194e38d811476e6cdf93917c54bb.jpeg "TeachingAquaponicsTSU") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mGkkEVIo1A) ---
**Author:** ![ivkinmm](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/ivkinmm/32/85_2.png) [@ivkinmm](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/ivkinmm)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/13 "2020-12-11T21:52:45Z")
Can you advice online lessons about decoupled aquaponics system ? ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/14 "2020-12-12T12:05:14Z")
I have no recommendations. ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/16 "2020-12-19T23:55:36Z")
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**Author:** ![macaleekarabagli](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@macaleekarabagli](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/macaleekarabagli)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/17 "2021-01-03T16:52:10Z")
would love to see your system… I am in Throckmorton ---
**Author:** ![Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/user_avatar/community.aquaponicsassociation.org/aquaponics4all/32/213_2.png) [@Aquaponics4All](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/Aquaponics4All)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/18 "2021-01-04T01:21:41Z")
Looks like 17 hours and you’re here… 😀 ---
**Author:** ![hcummings](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@hcummings](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/u/hcummings)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.aquaponicsassociation.org/t/breeding-tilapia-and-crayfish/882/19 "2021-01-07T14:23:16Z")
I would be happy to visit with you. I feed fish every day, so we can always find a time to meet any day of the week. I am in Stephenville. Hennen ![image001.jpg](https://d3e8tehwfo2wcv.cloudfront.net/original/1X/f464dd1c7c382c015b3fc53eebe1cd1aadffee61.jpeg)