Esshup brings up a good point. Many here use an automatic feeder on their ponds, or are absentee owners. Unless time is regularly spent observing the fish while feeding, it might be fairly easy to over feed this way, unintentionally of course.
Another difference between hand feeding in an aquarium, vs. larger scale in a pond or lake.
Also, some here feed to satiation, or very nearly so, in the quest for trophy fish. The goal is to grow larger fish, not just sustain that fish.
Last edited by sprkplug; 10/14/14 11:36 AM.
