I picked up a bag today to start hand feeding at my pond. I figured feeding cheap locally available spc has to be better than not feeding at all.
The only other locally available feed is Kent general purpose fish food at 32% protein
Optimal is available locally - it gets delivered right to your door.
Sure it costs more per pound or per bag than the less expensive food. But, I'll bet if you do a feed test to see how many pounds of each is needed to grow the same amount of fish to the same size, over a "X" month period, you probably will find that you are spending more in the long run for the less expensive food because you have to feed so much more of it compared to Optimal.
I've also saved $$ by using Optimal because I'm seeing less FA problems in the pond, so I'm spending less $$ and time treating FA.
