Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations help! i have some dying fish

my little 1/3 acre pond was filled up with well water in early march. The water had, and still does have a nice green tint to it, that has gotten a darker green since, indicating fertility. I put some FH and 3-5" CNBG in the pond on march 10th. 2 CNBG died within the first day. I would assume that would be normal. Two days ago i started getting about 3 dead CNBG a day.So iv'e lost a total of about 10 BG out of the original 200 stocked. I've been feeding pellets every evening, but have not been getting many takers at all. I'm thinking those dead fish have starved to death, while i'm trying to get them feed trained. If so, maybe i need to broadcast feed over the whole pond, just to get them started. The water test good in the basic ph and alkalinity area's. Am i thinking right? Wished i would have been a little more patient now. Thanks for the input.
howard

just went outside and threw handfuls of pellets all over the pond. The BG seemed to have found them after the wind had blown them over toward the windy bank. I observed the first substained feeding activity since i started this 10 days ago Maybe i should continue this for a few days before trying to feed them from one place again. A bit of a relief, i hope.

Howard 10 dead out of 200 transported and stocked is about normal. Keep feeding and watching. I assume you have not seen any unusual behavior like swimming at the surface gasping for air or any fish with sores etc. I doubt they starved but more likely the stress of the move was the cause. Was there a temp difference between the fish truck or bag and your water? How were the fish stocked ?

Delayed mortality is extremely common after stocking fish. There are probably 3 or 4 dead or dying for every one that you observe. I agree completely with ewest that this is not a concern, particularly in light of the fact that you have observable feeding after ten days. I think you're actually ahead of schedule.

man , that's a relief ! I did let the bags sit in the water for about 10 minutes before releasing them. The water temp was about 60 deg. that day. I'll definitely keep watching.Hopefully the dying fish will slow down soon. thanks for the info Bruce & ewest..

howard, regarding the feed, i'm learning a few new things (being a complete rookie at fish feeding).....i asked the fish farmer when i got my fish if they would take feed. he said you're putting them in a 1 acre pond? i said yeah, he said thats like putting a flake of hay in the middle of a thousand acres and then stocking with one steer........so you'll have to work at it, if you can get a few to take feed, others will follow, feed in the same place at the same time(s) of day. after only a couple weeks, and bribing with worm chunks along the way, i now have a huge school (maybe 500 fish) waiting every evening in the same place for me to throw some chow out.... good luck!