Originally posted by Bruce Condello:
This has prompted me to go back and check the literature. All suggestions point to cessation of feeding for HSB at or around 54 degrees. I think I've figured it out.
I believe that if you are in an aquaculture setting, that 54 degrees is the temperature at which you are not guaranteed a feeding. This makes a lot of sense because if you are feeding ten thousand HSB in a little pond and you feed even once or twice with the food all going to waste you are risking a fish kill. I think that ideally automatic feeders would be turned off around 54 degrees, with hand feedings possible down into the mid-forties prn.
Bruce, we turned off the feeders about 10 days ago when the low air temps were in the teens -
don't know about the water temp.
With the warm-up early this week into the 60 -70 range, we turned on the feeders.
Warm weather forecast for today, and needing to go to our ponds (80 miles away)for feeder maintenace, I had a chance to check out feeding and water temps.
Air temp 65 degrees @ 11:00 a.m
Near surface water temp 50.2 degrees (Very likely warmer in deeper water)
Very active HSB feeding
A few large CNBG feeding.
N.E. Texas
