Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Feeders

I can see your reasoning, but here's mine.

If you feed the fish something that they don't like, or something that they marginally like, they won't agressively feed. Then when you go to the better tasting food, they might be conditioned NOT to eat the pellets. It might take them longer to switch to the good food.

I also want them to grow as fast as I can get them to grow. I fed the cheap food for a couple of years because I didn't know any better. I switched to AquaMax this year and won't switch back. Luckily, I'm pretty close to the production plant so my feed store only charges right around $25.00/50# bag for the AM, where the cheap food was just under $20.00/bag. Not that big of a difference in price, and going by the quality, the AM is cheaper per pound when you figure in the nutritional value of it.