Ordered my optimal bluegill today...excited to get it here!! They are started on the Purina Catfish 32 that I got at the coop, don't laugh...all I could get at the time.. lol I have been hydrating 3 to 1. Putting in a folgers can, then putting it in the fridge. They nibble at it and probably get some out of it...but they are learning how to eat. Can't wait to see what they do with optimal!