Like I said before baitfish from bait stores are a who's who of pathogens and the baitstore owner's only concern is the angler getting them out the door alive. They are usually scuffed up from seining and handling many times. I'm not aware of any baitstore that knows anything about biofiltration so they don't use it.
Stress is not contagious in itself but bacterial pathogens and fungus can be in close quarters.
Did you feed the fish?
Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 04/26/16 10:15 PM.
