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Abstract: An experiment was conducted to determine the appropriate biomass of caged Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) supporting maximum production of small tilapia in open water and maintaining acceptable water quality, and to investigate effects of aeration on the growth of both caged and open-pond tilapia and water quality in an integrated cage-cum-pond system. One, two, three or four cages were suspended in unaerated ponds as experimental treatments with three replicates each. An additional treatment with four cages in aerated ponds was also tested. Large tilapia (91