Bill, I will go to the feed store tomorrow and see if the date is within the prescribed time period. If it is I will buy all the store has and start feeding right away. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks a lot for your input and great advise.

As for the hybrid stripers I was able to find some (thanks to Mark McDonald) at a near by fish farm and have a scheduled pick up date on October, 12. I understand that these fish have to have the higher protein to thrive and so I guess instead of feeding three different feeds I'll just feed the aquamax 500 or 600 to them all.

Boy, I'm sure the extra cost will make my wife very happy. She just doesn't understand the relationship between a man and his fish. Thanks again for the help

Newbee

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