It will be interesting to see if I'm able to observe any of them taking pellets now when I feed. There are so many minnows in the pond it looks like a shark attack when food hits the water.
I thought a follow-up to this wondering might be worthwhile.
I hand feed morning and evening most days.
At every feeding I see numerous RES taking pellets. They capitalize on the FHM and GSH coming to the feed and maraud those guys with abandon, but after the initial flurry, they stuff themselves with pellets. For the most part they wait until the pellets sink, but they will take a few from the surface as well.
The RES were put in almost 60 days ago, and grown from 1.5"-3" to 3"-6" in size.
Optimal Starter #3 is what I've been giving them, ~1 cup per feeding session.
