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Algae wafers

Dry foods

Algae wafers

For: Plecos, otocinclus, snails

How to feed: 2–3 times a week plus vegetables.

Examples you may see in shops: Hikari Algae Wafers, Omega One Veggie Rounds. Not endorsements.

Who eats it

42 species

Bristlenose plecoAncistrus cf. cirrhosus

Easy13 cm21–26 °C

Common plecoPterygoplichthys pardalis

Moderate50 cm20–28 °C

Royal plecoPanaque nigrolineatus

Hard43 cm22–26 °C

Clown plecoPanaqolus maccus

Easy9 cm23–28 °C

Hillstream loachSewellia lineolata

Moderate6 cm20–24 °C

OtocinclusOtocinclus vittatus

Moderate3.3 cm20–25 °C

Zebra nerite snailVittina natalensis

Easy2.5 cm22–26 °C

Horned nerite snailClithon corona

Easy2 cm22–26 °C

Trewavas' mbunaLabeotropheus trewavasae

Moderate11.7 cm24–28 °C

Fuelleborn's mbunaLabeotropheus fuelleborni

Moderate17 cm24–28 °C

Tropheus mooriiTropheus moorii

Hard14.5 cm24–27 °C

Duboisi cichlidTropheus duboisi

Hard12 cm24–27 °C

Petrochromis trewavasaePetrochromis trewavasae

Hard18 cm23–25 °C

Rubber-lip plecoChaetostoma milesi

Moderate14.6 cm21–27 °C

Blue-eyed plecoPanaque cochliodon

Twig catfishFarlowella vittata

Hard22.5 cm24–27 °C

Royal farlowellaSturisomatichthys panamensis

Moderate26 cm24–28 °C

Golden whiptail catfishSturisomatichthys aureus

Easy20 cm24–28 °C

Macrospilus otoOtocinclus macrospilus

Moderate3.5 cm21–26 °C

Zebra otocinclusOtocinclus cocama

Moderate4.5 cm21–25 °C

Jumbo otoParotocinclus jumbo

Moderate6 cm21–26 °C

Silver dollarMetynnis hypsauchen

Hard18 cm24–28 °C

Spotted silver dollarMetynnis lippincottianus

Hard16.4 cm23–27 °C

Red hook silver dollarMyloplus rubripinnis

Hard41.5 cm23–27 °C

Six-barred distichodusDistichodus sexfasciatus

Hard75 cm22–26 °C

High-hat headstanderAbramites hypselonotus

Easy14 cm22–28 °C

Java barbBarbonymus gonionotus

Hard30 cm20–26 °C

Black sharkLabeo chrysophekadion

Hard60 cm20–26 °C

Red-nose shrimpCaridina gracilirostris

Hard6 cm24–30 °C

Ninja shrimpCaridina typus

Moderate4 cm24–28 °C

Tiger nerite snailVittina turrita

Easy3 cm22–28 °C

Olive nerite snailNeritina reclivata

Easy2 cm20–26 °C

Black racer nerite snailNeritina sp. (black racer)

Easy2.5 cm22–28 °C

Diadem nerite snailClithon diadema

Moderate2 cm22–28 °C

Japanese nerite snailClithon retropictus

Easy1.5 cm18–26 °C

Sunset nerite snailNeritodryas cornea

Moderate3 cm24–28 °C

Freshwater limpetFerrissia fragilis

Easy0.5 cm15–28 °C

American flagfishJordanella floridae

Easy6 cm18–28 °C

Neon blue gobyStiphodon atropurpureus

Hard5 cm22–28 °C

Yellow garraGarra flavatra

Moderate8 cm16–26 °C

Spotted algae eaterGyrinocheilus pennocki

Moderate20 cm22–28 °C

Golden otocinclusMacrotocinclus affinis

Moderate4 cm22–26 °C