Quote Originally Posted by coeruleo View Post
i've never seen red ones in aquarium shops here. and tilapia at the market is just 'tilapia'? is this one raised for food, or for pets? or both? the ones for pets here are sort of plain fish, drabby blue/green.
Here in Malaysia the 'red tilapia' are reared for food and the market. Actually they are pink (albino) rather than red. Customers at restaurants prefer pink because they look better and the ethnic Chinese here think 'pink' is a lucky colour. They all taste the same.