I checked the tank yesterday, and let's just say "I wasn't thrilled". There were hundreds of floating and semi-floating pellets churning about the tank. It seems that my setting on the feeder, which had to be altered because of the slightly bigger pellets, was set incorrectly.
I cleaned the tank, reset the feeder, now I have to ascertain whether it's the fact they don't want the pellets, or that they were being vastly overfed. I reduced the setting by probably 60%. I'll keep reducing it until no pellets are present upon reinspection. I'm disappointed that I can't stock the bigger perch yet. The recreational pond is ready for them and is showing DO levels of over 10 ppm. Unfortunately, the 6-7 inch perch aren't carrying eggs evidently, so I can't really risk the stocking yet. I hope I don't have to wait another year! It's a miracle that I haven't been killing them. Some of the posts in other threads about big yellow perch are killing me. I want my Dad to be able to land some big ones by next fall.
I took four more YP out and placed them in the holding tank. Now I have 121 left.
