Hikari Algae Wafers Food Pleco Fish

[Welshy_Pete]

Im getting some brittle noses or albino plecos soon. I was thinking of getting some 250g Hikari algae wafers £8.99?

Anybody used these?

Are they any good for the pleco I might be getting?

thanks

 

[fishguy2727]

I don't feed wafers anymore. All my plecos take the regular New Life Spectrum pellets and thrive on it.

 

[bristlenoseitplecoman]

I use algae wafers that are close to those and I also own a bristlenose pleco. Only put in a half a wafer a day. I do it and he is happy with the portion at 3.5 inches. My BN pleco acts like he is stalking prey and then pounces on the wafer and rips it up and throws it everywhere. then my cories clean up what he didn't eat.

 

[AnimalHouse36]

I use the hikari for my 1 cory fish and 2 mollies. All of them flock to it.

If your pleco doesn't eat it after a few hours vaccuum it out because it can cause a mess.

 

[TheRedDarren]

I did the pepsi challenge yesterday with a hikari algae wafer and nutrafin max sinking pellet, they were about 5 inches apart and all my cories went for the hikari. You could say 8 out of 10 cats prefered it.

 

[quartex2003]

I did the pepsi challenge yesterday with a hikari algae wafer and nutrafin max sinking pellet, they were about 5 inches apart and all my cories went for the hikari. You could say 8 out of 10 cats prefered it.

Made me laugh anyway

 

[Louiseness]

Im getting some brittle noses or albino plecos soon. I was thinking of getting some 250g Hikari algae wafers £8.99?

Anybody used these?

Are they any good for the pleco I might be getting?

thanks

I've had Hikari and various other brands (King British, the Sera type with added wood) and my bristlenose has devoured them all. She used to LOVE the added wood ones when she was tiny though.

Also, the cories, shrimps and dwarf gourami all give any brand of wafers a go too

 

[MBOU]

As much as I hate Aquarian, i have found their algae wafers to be much better than the Hikari ones. I found plecs dragged the Hikari ones under the tank decor and left them, made water quality really bad, i know at least 8 people who have had same problem...

Bristlenose are happy to eat normal fish flakes, frozen food, tank algae, decomposing plants etc so they dont need a huge ammount of supplementing. Hikari have come out with the 'Hikari - Algae Wafers "Mini" ' and they are prfect for bristlenose, they are much smaller...

I would put in one mini pellet 3 times a week for a bristlenose and up it as they grow or if they eat it all right away.

 

[CrazyAirborne]

'Hikari - Algae Wafers "Mini" ' and they are prfect for bristlenose, they are much smaller...

I recently got some of these for my corys, and my clown plec, but they are so much harder than the king british ones i was using before, it doesnt seem like my corys can really eat them. and they are perfect size for my Rainbow cich. to devour them.

 

[MBOU]

Yeah but i dont know why people think Corydoras want to eat algae wafers anyway they will nudge it about and hoover up left overs.. but they arent complete algae eaters...

I always gave cories food like Tetra Prima, Aquarian Tropical Pellets, JBL Novo Tabs and JBL NovoFect, JMC Catfish Pellets... etc, food thats higher in protein and lower in fiber.

Plecs *need* the algae wafers to be hard, thets the whole point, its for them to rasp their teeth on to keep their teeth in good condition, give them environmental enrichment, they work for their food, same as they would if they were chewing on the bogwood...

 

[ellejay]

I've almost finished a box of king British algae wafers, and although I've never seen my plec eat (must do sometime, ive had him a couple of months and he's growing) the mollies and shrimp go crazy for them. It's hilarious seeing a shrimp wrestle a wafer away from four mollies!