I use to use regular fish food for feeding my fish but quit when my suppliers weren't reliable and I started using the cheapest brand of WalMart dry dog food. $ 5.95-# 40lb—small pellets—floats. I now use a similar type from Aldi's but comes in a 15 LB bad with 21% protein which is easier for me to handle and is the same price per pound. Yes, the higher protein would make your fish grow faster but most bass won't eat it unless you buy the special ones trained for it. Many of the other fish will eat some vegetation and so they are getting what they need from the lower protein anyway in the way of plant food fillers. I feed so I can see my fish and they are very fat, looking like tear drops. But my pond has lots of natural food in it that isn't killed off by chemicals which I don't use. So it works for me and my needs, but that's just me.

John