pleco wafers?

[knifegill]

I also avoid Hikari McWafers. HBH does fall apart, but it works for me because all the fish I have are aggressive eaters. I have no tolerance for picky fish, and my L200, striped raphael colony and Oscar have no problem ingesting any food within seconds.

So, HBH is my main wafer.

 

[kdrun76]

There is actually another type of walfer out there that is better.. but it creates a huge mess...

Aquarian Sinking Algae... they have a rich grassy smell to them.. much more so than Hikari... however.. the pop from these walfer float.. so sometimes i see huge pleco pop drifting in the tank..

But otherwise.. they are just as good as hikari and is much cheaper..

No wonder they are cheaper Algae shows up on the ingredients list for the first time as item # 11!!! Wow, you actually feed that crap to your fish? Dicacium phosphate (a preservative) is present in larger quantities than the algae is!!!

Ingredients: Fish meal, wheat flour, ground rough rice, wheat bran, wheat germ meal, soybean meal, dicalcium phosphate, canola oil, krill meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal, spirulina algae meal, chlorella algae meal, brewers dried yeast, dried kelp, vitamins and minerals

 

[knifegill]

Fish meal, wheat flour, ground rough rice, wheat bran, wheat germ meal, soybean meal, dicalcium phosphate, canola oil, krill meal,

It takes nine ingredients to get to the first one that is actually a food for fish. They might make good plant fertilizer, but that's not a fish food.

 

[Allan01230]

NLS check out their ingredients!

 

[jclyde13]

I use this:

But I have honestly never even looked at the ingredients, but it's basically the only brand any of my lfs sell in decent sized quantities, and my pleco looks very healthy to me (there are pics of it in my albums). Also, it stays solid for quite a while.

 

[jclyde13]

I use this:

But I have honestly never even looked at the ingredients, but it's basically the only brand any of my lfs sell in decent sized quantities, and my pleco looks very healthy to me (there are pics of it in my albums). Also, it stays solid for quite a while.

The ingredients are: Algae meal, Corn Gluten Feed, Corn Gluten meal, corn distiller dried grains, wheat flour, wheat germ meal, wheat gluten, wheat middlings, linseed meal, canola meal, dehulled soybean meal, soy protein concentrate, pea protein, brewers dried yeast, corn flour, rice flour, dehydrated alfalfa meal, soy protein isolate, ground barley, calcium carbonate, soybean oil, dried spinach, dried lecithin, L-Ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), dicalcium phosphate, choline chloride, vitamin A acetate, vitamin E supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, ethoxyquin (A preservative), thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, riboflavin, vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, ferrous carbonate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium lodate, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite.

^^^I have no idea what any of that means, but that's what it says on the bag.

 

[zerojquan85]

The ingredients are: Algae meal, Corn Gluten Feed, Corn Gluten meal, corn distiller dried grains, wheat flour, wheat germ meal, wheat gluten, wheat middlings, linseed meal, canola meal, dehulled soybean meal, soy protein concentrate, pea protein, brewers dried yeast, corn flour, rice flour, dehydrated alfalfa meal, soy protein isolate, ground barley, calcium carbonate, soybean oil, dried spinach, dried lecithin, L-Ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), dicalcium phosphate, choline chloride, vitamin A acetate, vitamin E supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, ethoxyquin (A preservative), thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, riboflavin, vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, ferrous carbonate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium lodate, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite.

^^^I have no idea what any of that means, but that's what it says on the bag.

That product's ingredient looks similar to Aquarian Sinking Algae

In fact both products contain dicalcium phosphate, i'd say its no different from any brands of algae wafers.. Their all processed to imitate veggies.

Ingredients: Fish meal, wheat flour, ground rough rice, wheat bran, wheat germ meal, soybean meal, dicalcium phosphate, canola oil, krill meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal, spirulina algae meal, chlorella algae meal, brewers dried yeast, dried kelp, l-ascrobyl-2-polyphosphate, vitamin A acetate, d-activated animal sterol, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, niacin, d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, menadione dimethylprimidinol bisulfite, folic acid, d-biotin, vitamin B12, manganous oxide, potassium iodate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, ethoxyquin.

 

[Mr Pleco]

"Almost natural tropical fish foods" is good stuff, but expensive. Their web site was hacked though and is down for a while so I can't get the ingredients list for you.

Much cheaper and well liked by my fish are these made by Angel's plus.

Ingredients: Spirulina Algae, Alfalfa Meal, Pea Powder, Soy Flour, Wheat Flour, Fish Meal, Shrimp Meal, Brown Rice Flour, Wheat Starch, Fish Oil, Wheat Germ, Carrot Powder, Spinach Powder, Kelp Meal, Brewers Yeast, Glycerin, Soybean Oil, Natural Mixed Tocopherols, Vitamins and minerals.

Looked at angels plus, ingredients are fairly close to HBH Algae grazers?
How do they hold up in the water?

Ingredients: Spirulina Algae, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Soy Flour, Wheat Flour, Fish Meal, Shrimp Meal, Brown Rice Flour, Wheat Starch, Fish Oil, Wheat Germ, Carrot Powder, Spinach Powder, Kelp Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Glycerin, GSoybean Oil, Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminosilicate, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid, Glucono-delta-lactone, Natural Mixed Tocopherols (presvervative), Rosemary Extract, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphoshate (Vitamin C), Vitamin A Acetate, Choline Chloride, a-Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Biotin, Pyridoxine HCL, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfate complex, D-Activated Animal Sterol (Vitamin D3), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Iron Proteinate

 

[kdrun76]

They are a LARGE wafer in a nifty little leaf shape. One of these is about 4 of the standard Hikari wafers.

I can put 50+ of them in the tank at a time and rarely have one left over 5 min later. I am feeding them to both Pacu and plecos.

In the tank with out pacu I have both a pleco and tilapia that eat them, again its rare to see one left in there for more than 5 min. I have never seen one break down completely. They swell up and get spongie on the edges, but I have never seen one actually break apart into mush.

I am really fussy about fish foods, but I have to balance that against the two empty garbage cans I call pacu. They are bottomless pits and if all I fed them was the really good stuff I would loose my home. I feed about 2 Lbs a month of those little leafs to the two tanks. I think its a really good compromise on quality and price.

 

[knobhill]

I feed Hikari algae wafers and the smaller Hikari sinking wafers. I also sprinkle in NLS sinking Thera A and Hikari sinking carnivore. These are supplemented with market shrimp and frozen bloodworms. Also throw in a zuchini or two every week.Of course, they have driftwood to chew on as well.

Just ordered the NLS algae wafer, gonna try it out. Tried to get the Sera catfish chips but they are on backorder. Anyone try these? I may try those other foods recommended.

It seems to me variety is better.....