Heres an update. I had lost 2 more smallies so I seperated them so I could watch more closely. They would not eat!! I tried pieces of crawlers, red worms, & small minnows besides the pellets. They would not touch anything. Two more died so last saturday I took them back to the pond and released them. Perhaps they should have never been in the same tote with the largemouth?
The largemouths are doing great. Have not lost any and they are now taking both floating and sinking pellets. I also feed them pieces of crawlers, redworms & minnows about every other day. I love watching them swim around with minnow tails sticking out of their mouths.
I keep the water temp between 72 - 74. Also added another pump and filter that we had used for the koi pond that is really keeping the bottom of the tote clean.
