Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Feeding catfish!!

Yes, there is typically a large difference in the off-the-shelf feeds and products like Aquamax or those made by Cargill/Burris (the only other that I have experience with). Protein content, what the protein is from, etc. are all normally much better with higher end foods. That's very important for growth. However, for cats, I don't think it's significant from my reading here as they're going to be happy and eat pretty much anything that is put before them. I don't have cats in my ponds, but know some who do and they don't feed the higher quality foods and still get big fish. I'm sure some probably do prefer to feed the better quality feed to their cats, but it's likely more of a personal preference that also considers how much your wallet can tolerate to an extent.