Got a call from my security company saying my power was out at 11am. This turned out to be very good for me because it was just before I had time to visit. By the time I reached the farm the power was already back on and I hadn't lost any fish. It must've been off for less than an hour. I restarted the feeder to run about 50% quantity tomorrow.
You can bet I'm going to get a generator and backup as you guys suggested. I'll start shopping this week.
I took an approximate inventory of YP today when I was checking on fish.
These are rough guesses:
3-4 in. - - 0 fish
4-5 in. - - 140 fish
5-6 in. - - 50 fish
6+ in. - - 6 fish
Still haven't had a single mortality, and body condition looks really good. I'm wondering if a couple of the bigger ones will develop eggs here in a month or two. I kind of doubt it, but if I keep them alive until next spring, I'm sure they will. At the current rate of growth I will need a bigger tank or I'll need to reduce the number of individuals to about 50 fish. That would be fine with me.
