# What Should FCR Be for Nile Tilapia?

> Typical FCR range in Nile Tilapia farming, suitable water temperature, oxygen, harvest weight and production time. Calculate and improve your FCR.

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- Language: en
- Updated: 2026-10-03
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# What Should FCR Be for Nile Tilapia?

In commercial Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) farming, economic FCR is usually in the 1.4–1.8 range. The value varies with water temperature, fish size, feed quality and feeding management.
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| Typical FCR range | 1.4–1.8 |

| Suitable water temperature | 24–32 °C |

| Minimum dissolved oxygen | 3 mg/L |

| pH range | 6.5–9.0 |

| Salinity | 0–15 ‰ |

| Typical harvest weight | 500–800 g |

| Production period | 6–8 months |

| Daily feeding rate | %2.5 |

Values are general references and may vary with your farm’s conditions.
Tilapia tolerates low oxygen, but growth slows below 24 °C; making the most of the warm season lowers FCR.

## Worked example

Producing 1,000 t of Nile Tilapia a year at an FCR of 1.60 requires about 1,600 t of feed. Lowering FCR to 1.50 saves about 100 t of feed.
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## Factors that affect FCR in Nile Tilapia

- Species and genetics

- Water temperature and dissolved oxygen

- Fish size: smaller fish convert feed more efficiently

- Nutritional value, pellet size and digestibility of the feed

- Feeding frequency, amount and feed loss

- Stocking density, health and stress

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## FCRSOFT does this for you automatically

You don’t need to do the calculations and checks on this page by hand every day. FCRSOFT derives them all automatically from the records entered in the field.

- FCR and biomass are updated per cage with every feeding and weighing record.

- FCR values above target are flagged in the panel.

- Economic and biological FCR reports are ready by batch and period.

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Last updated: 10/3/2026

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