Originally Posted By: ewest
RES eat pellets well just not at the surface. I have many eating as the pellets sink down about 6-8 inches.


I have RES in an Intex swimming pool that eat Optimal BG fish food at the surface just like the BG in the tank next to them.

I DID lose about 150 RES out of 1,000 that wouldn't eat the food. They were approximately 3" long when put in the swimming pool.

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