Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Feeding with more protein, but less feed

I agree with Bruce in part, total calories are a bigger issue than protein alone. Protein, fat and carbohydrates all convert to calories.
But, I believe that the answer to the question lies more in a bell curve than a straight line equation. 10% eat most of the food, 10% eat the least and the other 80% somewhere in the middle. So that no matter what you fed them, them meaning any or all fish, they would wind up proportionally the same. The bigger, stronger just get more, regardless of how much you feed, or don�t, or what natural food is available.
I have 100 fish of the same species, all were approximately 1 1/2� long when I got them. Now they range from 6� to 11�, per my fishing log, thanks for that idea Theo . I watch them eat almost every day, the aggressive get to the food first, then a bunch just at the edge of the gluttony and finally the timid hanging around picking up scraps. The big guys come to the surface, mouths open, vacuuming the pellets, not one at a time, but three or four, the timid dart to a stray piece and quickly snatch it and run. But, I believe that Darwin has already cornered the market on this type of heresy.