Fed some Optimal starter #4 for the first time this evening. I hydrated it for approximately 45 mins in a old pie pan. Out of all the feeds I have tried so far, several Aquamax products, Optimal blue gill and blue gill jr, and cargill sport fish and floating pond fish feeds, this was the most aggressive I have seen my bluegill attack a feed so far, whatever is in it they sure did go crazy for. I always test what I feed both hydrated and dry and compare the consumption ratio from what I can observe, at least.