tilapia as pets??

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due to how common they are here especially in hawaii, Tilapia are often over looked and considered "ugly trash fish/ roaches of water" but when i look at them for long periods of time they actualy look pretty attractive. they have a nice yellow/silver tone and even come with TEETH (important trait of my monster obsession). though im unsure of their diet... ehhh im blabling.

my main question, what do you guys think of Tilapia being suitable, even for beginner monster fish keepers?? Imean think about it, they grow to a decent size, they have teeth, they are the most hardy fish i have ever seen as they are the only fish i know living from the cleanest oceans to the alawai canal (most toxic sewage / flesh eating bacteria carrying canal in hawaii). not to mention they inhabit fresh and brackish water, maybe salt water too.

anyone ???
 
I have 5 in my 6' by 4' 4' It just came as an accident I just put alot of feeders (mosquito fish) and some tilapia came with it. They were lucky because they weren't caught by my net to be fed to my oscars and they grew big and I left them alone
 
are some tilapia predators? there is a small line of serrated teeth at the lips.
 
I’ve always like tilapia as food and as pets they look awesome!
 
i had a striped talapia and it was a big bully in my tank it beat up everything i had in there he was in a big predator tank, he was 10" and he was smaller then my other fish but it didnt matter
 
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We run into Tilapia when we collect samples for our research and they look impressive. I was contemplating catching one to keep it was a group of at least a couple of hundred they had to be over 12"
 
any predators in the family?
 
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