Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Aquamax local pricing, just curious.

Bob Lusk spent a weekend of teaching/tutoring in our neighborhood earlier this year. During a visit to a neighboring farm he asked if we knew how to read the label on a bag of fish feed. We all admitted that we didn't really know what it truly meant. Like me, this other farm used Lil' Strike as their primary feed. It is what most of us use due to availability, and especially since it is about half the cost of Aquamax in our local area -- if we can get the local dealers to even order it for us.

I don't want to be wrong, or mis-construe what Bob said, but I believe that he said that we probably could not exceed bluegill weights above 1-1/2 pounds on Lil' Strike, while we probably could achieve bluegill above 2 lbs, possibly 3 lbs. on Aquamax.

I'd love to have a regular supplier of Aquamax. We have four supposed dealers in our local area. Two are Tractor Supply stores -- they apparently are not allowed to sell Aquamax due to some kind of contractual/territorial issues. We have two other independent feed stores within 50 miles of me who sell Purina products. As I've posted above, Aquamax cost me over $50 per 50 lb. bag. That dealer is about 40 miles away. The other Purina dealer, about 30 miles away, simply won't talk to me when I ask about Aquamax. I've been at the front counter at this dealer, and when I ask about it, they say they know nothing about Aquamax. My e-mails and phone messages have gone unanswered from this dealer.

It would be great if Pond Boss could put pressure on Purina to better distribute fish feed across the lower-48.