Yes handling stress. Your water is probably fairly warm this time of year too which doesn't help. Not the best time of year to be transporting fish.

Putting them in a cage won't help either. What do you plan on feeding them? Redear are rarely feed trained.

The best thing for stressed fish is to put them in a pond ASAP and get them feeding ASAP, which in this case is natural feed. Being cooped up in a cage with no food won't cut it,

Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 06/07/14 09:06 PM.
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