Bruce - You are wise to minimize the handling of the indoor CSBG. As you know, handling is a stress to fish and when growing them indoors one should try to keep all unnecessary stressors to a minimum. Being held indoors and in cool to cold water are tso continual stress for them and for them to stay the healthiest they will not benefit from additional stress.

Regarding the single mortality. I do not think a fish will eat itself to death. I think the combination of eating larger dry pellets to the point of fullness and then the swelling of compacted dry pellets was too much for this fish. Evidently he could not expell the pellet plug from his throat and it resulted in death. Too bad. With his appetite he could have been destined for 13".


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