One comment Bender...just because your SMB are (or will be) pellet trained, they will still eat other fish.

I would think a 5" Yellow Perch could get taken by a 14" or 15" SMB.

Also, I don't think you would have much luck getting a wild SMB to go to pellet feed, but you never know.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."