Pond Boss Forums FISH & FISHING Sunfish-Including Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass Fungus infection on fish

This is just an observation, nothing scientific.

I have a holding cage that measures something around 40"x40"x40". I use it to hold fish till I'm ready to clean a big group at once.

I can put one CC in there and they will be ok for maybe up to a week before it starts to get some skin problems with what appears to be fungus. I can put a single CC and a bunch of BG and get along ok. But if I put two or more CC, I better be planning on cleaning them within a day or two at most. They badger each other and within a week one will be covered with fungus and torn up skin. CC just do not hold well in the cage.

I can put 40 or 50 BG in there and two weeks later they will be fine (though I rarely leave them for more than a week).

No conclusions with that observation. Just what we have learned through experience.