Platy's And Swordtails Eating Algae Wafers

[Platy lover]

My platy's, swordtails, and guppies like to eat the algae wafers I feed to my oto's and mystery snail. How can I stop it?

 

[StandbySetting]

You can't, algae is a part of their staple diet in the wild, it's normal.

You could try feeding at night instead.

 

[fishkeeper694]

dont worry about it, my platy's do it all the time I have two plecos to feed, i put 3 algae waferes in each night and the plecos have one each and then the fsh have one they can nibble on :L x ive been doing this for a while now and the fish have been fine so far

 

[Platy lover]

dont worry about it, my platy's do it all the time I have two plecos to feed, i put 3 algae waferes in each night and the plecos have one each and then the fsh have one they can nibble on :L x ive been doing this for a while now and the fish have been fine so far

Max my dwarf gourami usually chases them away lol