The original daily diet for plecostomus and other algae eating bottom feeders. Contains high levels of vegetable matter and is rich in nutrients and stabilized vitamin C.

Overall rating:

3.2

(12 reviews) 12

7 of 12(58%)customers recommend this product.

Reviews for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

Review 1 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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1 / 5 12 reviews

Not even touched

August 24, 2012

by julia1234876325669636

fromMilwaukee, WI

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?5 or more

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Monthly

I had a common pleco in my tank and i would drop it in there and he would stay far away from it and i left them in the tank for about 1 hour and it is so hard to clean up even with a gravel vac

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Review 2 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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5 / 5 12 reviews

THIS A THE BEST SNAIL FOOD THERE IS!!

June 26, 2012

by Foodrater

fromNewburgh, IN

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?4

How often do you shop at PetSmart?A few times a year

I was having a difficult time finding my snail Abe food that didn't have trace amounts of copper in it.
but this product had all natural ingriedients and NO COPPER and everything bottom feeders needed to be healthy and happy:) It also comes with many large pellets that i will just break into fourths and let sink into my tank every other day, the cories and snail LOVE THEM. Highly recomended.:3

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Review 3 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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4 / 5 12 reviews

Good but a couple of drawbacks

June 5, 2012

by LeMeowmy

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fromLos Angeles, CA

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?5 or more

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Weekly

These algae wafers are quite large and they seem to "expand" once in the water. Because I have small fish (25G community tank), I break the wafers into pieces and never put more than, say, half a wafer into the tank at feeding time. The wafer does get soft and mushy after a while, but if you have plecos, snails, or other "clean-up" critters, they should take care of it pretty quickly.

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Review 4 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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5 / 5 12 reviews

Excellent!!!!

April 5, 2012

by PeanutplusCashew

fromWashington

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?5 or more

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Monthly

My Cory catfish, snails, and even my guppies love eating this! Recommend it to all!

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Review 5 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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5 / 5 12 reviews

Great for Nerite Snails

February 29, 2012

by byCaitlin

fromRochester, NY

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?5 or more

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Weekly

Pet Satisfaction

5 / 5 12 reviews

Quality

5 / 5 12 reviews

I love these little wafers. I have several Nerite snails in multiple freshwater tanks; they do an amazing job of controlling the algae, so sometimes I supplement their food because all the algae is GONE. Copper is toxic for the snails, and this is one of the few products I found without any copper compounds listed in the ingredients.

I assume they taste good because the snails "pounce" on them, and I'll quickly have a big pile of snails all eating some. The snails are always very active so they seem to be getting great nutrition from these and the algae in the tank.

In the past I have had Japanese Algae eating shrimp (Amano shrimp, Caridina multidentata) and Peppered Cory Cats, both species also loved these wafers.

If the wafers are making a mess, then you are feeding too much. The point is to feed as much as the animals will eat quickly, in a few hours for snails and faster for fish and shrimp. ALL food makes a mess if the fish/frogs/shrimp/snails don't eat it, and that smell most likely comes from the food decomposing in the tank. Vacuum up the leftover and feed less next time. More frequent small feedings are better than sporadic large ones.

Pros: price, high quality, smell, taste

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Review 6 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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5 / 5 12 reviews

:D

November 2, 2011

by animallover1243

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fromOhio

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?5 or more

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Monthly

Pet Satisfaction

5 / 5 12 reviews

Quality

4 / 5 12 reviews

My fish love this! My bottom feeder loves it too! I REALLY RECOMMEND THIS!!!!! :D

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Review 7 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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1 / 5 12 reviews

horrible!

October 21, 2011

by zacjhjk

fromcleveland

What is your gender?M

How many pets do you have?5 or more

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Weekly

Pet Satisfaction

3 / 5 12 reviews

Quality

1 / 5 12 reviews

i use these for my pleco, but he never notices them, and they say that they retain their shape. WRONG. they just turn into gross mush, and they make the water smell like moldy cheese, i do not reccomend these

Pros: price

Cons: smell, low quality, Taste

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Review 8 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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2 / 5 12 reviews

very mess

July 29, 2011

by Doug415

fromBrockton, MA

What is your gender?M

How many pets do you have?4

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Monthly

Pet Satisfaction

5 / 5 12 reviews

Quality

1 / 5 12 reviews

My ghost shrimp absolutely love these wafers but they are my worst nightmare. I've fed my shrimp probably about four times with these wafers. the shrimp always race for them. i broke the wafers into very small pieces since there were only three shrimp. after only 2 feedings my tank was covered with a fine coating of brown gunk. after a few more feedings it got even worse. after many water changes and gravel vacuumings the tank is finally clean and with no more feedings, no more gunk!

Pros: taste

Cons: price, low quality

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Review 9 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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1 / 5 12 reviews

WORST ever ever EVER

July 20, 2011

by 13teenyearmomof6kids

fromcolorado CO

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?5 or more

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Weekly

Pet Satisfaction

1 / 5 12 reviews

Quality

1 / 5 12 reviews

this is thee worst product it makes such a mess and is horrorific to clean

Cons: low quality

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Review 10 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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1 / 5 12 reviews

June 10, 2011

by 1235468798uipu

fromTennessee

Pet Satisfaction

1 / 5 12 reviews

Quality

1 / 5 12 reviews

my Pleco (Steve) NEVER EATS THIS IT JUST DEVOLVES IN THE AQUARIUM AND MAKE A MESS.

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Review 11 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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3 / 5 12 reviews

They are OK.

June 3, 2011

by Lausch

fromFlorida

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?5 or more

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Monthly

Pet Satisfaction

3 / 5 12 reviews

Quality

3 / 5 12 reviews

These are really good. But do not work for me. They dissolve and make a mess very quickly. This is a problem for me because I have snails who can not see very well. So after like 15-30 minuets they are ALL over my tank. I REALLY like Hikari, but this product, is not for me.

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Review 12 for Hikari Sinking Algae Wafers Fish Food

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5 / 5 12 reviews

I love them

April 2, 2011

by Tinafairy

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fromFlorida

What is your gender?F

How many pets do you have?2

How often do you shop at PetSmart?Weekly

Pet Satisfaction

5 / 5 12 reviews

Quality

5 / 5 12 reviews

Depending on my fish or marine organisms, tells me how much I put in. But at first when I had my three shrimp, and my snail plus my glofish(3), I would only break into a half, then break the half into a half, and I would put flakes in too. The shrimp eat either one so I didnt have to worry. Now I only have one shrimp, my mystery snail, two glofish, three mickey mouse platies. The morning after I got the mickeys they dove for the wafer, I had forgotten that they can eat them, so now I give a little bit more wafers, but I break it into smaller pieces and dispose them into special and different areas. I am very proud of this product, because before I got my shrimp , i had heard many good comments about it, and how well known it was so, I knew that was the one I wanted. And I plan on buying more because I have a small bag, and I plan on adding fish. And upgrading my tank

Pros: smell, price, high quality, taste

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