garryc,
My li'l BOW is pretty efficient as well. When I first started feeding small pellets, the FHM would push the floating feed around until it softened up enough, until they could ingest some. I'm sure there are some pellets that make it towards the bottom, but I'm sure the turtles knock that out before it ever makes it down. I used to throw 5 seconds of feed twice daily, and it would take the fish ~15 mins. to clean it up. Lately, I've been throwing 8 seconds twice daily and an extra 5 seconds later at 8:00 p.m. The fish clean up the feed in about 90 seconds. You can learn a lot watching them feed. Observing pellet feedings is a constant source of amusement for me....
