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Why Customers Choose Hikari
RESEARCH
We feel it's our duty to constantly investigate the natural ecology of fish to make the best food for them. Our exploration to Irian Jaya, Lake Malawi in Africa, Guiana highland, the Indian Ocean, the jungle of Southeast Asia and the Holy River Ayeyawady and others, offer us many secrets to fish health, coloration, breeding requirements, water conditions and quality.
SPECIES SPECIFIC DIETS
Hikari offers a wide variety of diets for different species of fish, each offering unique characteristics which enable it to be readily accepted by the specific fish it was developed for, which is where Species Specific originated. This attention to detail allows you to be confident your choice will be quickly devoured by even the most finicky eaters.
TECHNOLOGY
Our first hand experience breeding and raising fish, and the scientific data we can collect during this process, give us a clear road map for future product improvements and enhancements. Hikari uses actual experience and physical practice instead of marketing schemes or unproven theory to develop our premium aquatic diets!
PLECOS LOVE ALGAE WAFERS
Plecostomus can lose body mass over time when not fed properly. Most people think they can survive eating the algae in the aquarium exclusively, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. They require a nutrient mix that is high in vegetable ingredients, but also require specific amino acids, vitamins and minerals. For this reason, even if you chose to feed fresh vegetables, be sure a formulated diet, like Hikari Algae Wafers, is part of your offering. They also love to scrape their food from surfaces, like driftwood. For this reason our pellet is a disc shape which allows them to feed more instinctually.
Feeding Guide: Many plecos are nocturnal feeders, keep this in mind when choosing when and how much to feed. Feed up to two times per day the amount of food your fish will completely consume within about an hour. Always remove any uneaten food after the feeding period and avoid over-feeding.
TANGS LOVE ALGAE WAFERS
Everyone loves to see a tang that is as healthy as can be. Many times they tend to lose body mass over time due to a lack of readily available food or others in the tank that get to it before they do. Hikari Algae Wafers is a perfect choice to provide them all the vegetable matter they require and the amino acids, vitamins and minerals too. Have your tangs looking like they just came off the reef in no time!
Feeding Guide: Many tangs love to pick at their food over a longer period of time. Hikari Algae Wafers and Mini Algae Wafers are formulated to maintain their shape for an extended period of time to allow them to do exactly that. Feed once per day the amount of food your fish will completely consume within about 30 minutes. Always remove any uneaten food after the feeding period and avoid over-feeding.
LARGER AFRICAN CICHLIDS LOVE ALGAE WAFERS
These fish require larger amounts of vegetable matter in their daily diet. Hikari Algae Wafers affords them a fantastic nutrient mix along with all the necessary amino acids, vitamins and minerals they require to live a long and health-filled life.
Feeding Guide: Many larger herbivorous cichlids can be grazers. Hikari Algae Wafers are formulated to maintain their shape for an extended period of time to allow them to do exactly that or Mini Algae Wafers can be gobbled up readily if that is their preferred feeding habit. Feed twice per day the amount of food your fish will completely consume within about 5 minutes for direct feeding and more often daily for a longer period of time for grazing. Always remove any uneaten food after the feeding period and avoid over-feeding.
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A. D. Paisley
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2025
My shrimp love these
Aravinth
Reviewed in India on February 19, 2025
Initially my pleco didn’t touch. But later it ate and disappeared in minutes. I advise buyers to break the pellet into half and feed your pleco (if you have only one pleco). The product is solid.👍🏼
felipe
Reviewed in Canada on January 22, 2025
Its a good product, i use it for my blue velvet shrimp tank and emerald green shrimp tank. The blue velvets love the waffers as soon as they sink they go for it and finish it in a few hours, the emerald shrimp barely touch it. The waffers are big enough that i only use 1 per tank and break it in smaller pieces, good value. Happy with the product.
Attention ! Pack de 20gr seulement !
Reviewed in Belgium on June 27, 2024
Attention ! Pack de 20gr seulement !
Liana
Reviewed in Canada on March 17, 2024
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WSK2010
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2024
Nice form of algae and other high protein sources in little slow dissolving wavers. All my nano tank community come and pick at them but the cory cats just love these! I bought a small package of them to try but when those run out I'll definitely be buying the larger version. These work great!
Kloé Desjardins
Reviewed in Canada on December 1, 2024
J'en utilise dans mon aquarium depuis quelques semaines et mes poissons adorent. Les ingrédients sont de bonne qualité, le rapport qualité-prix est bon, le paquet est arrivé rapidement et en bon état, je recommande.
Adrian S.
Reviewed in Canada on November 22, 2024
all my bottom feeders fish love it, including my betta ,a little goes a long way,smaller than a penny i can easily break in 2 for next day feeding
Manon Gagne
Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2024
Pour mes plécostomus, un peux decu car pas bcp dans le sac et sens fort mais mes plécos ont pu manger
Ssaunders
Reviewed in Canada on October 18, 2024
Bag was way smaller than I was expecting it to be. Maybe he has two feedings worth in it. Not worth the money.
Hilary
Reviewed in Canada on April 28, 2024
My Pleco loves these. Yes, the package is tiny, but my aquarium Pleco loves it.
Biffy62
Reviewed in Canada on September 30, 2023
I’ve always fed my pleco’s this brand. I did try another brand once but it didn’t go over. So back to these.If you have a huge goldfish like I use to, I’d have to feed them after I put food in for the goldfish because they would gobble them up too.My pleco’s really like these and there nice and flat for their mouths. They don’t dissolve really quickly and usually the pleco has it eaten before it does.I only feed my big pleco one every other day along with some Nutrfin Max. I was told they won’t keep the algae off the tank if you feed them every day. Seems to work great they do their job and the pleco’s are pretty big from the tiny ones I started out with.The only con, the price for this brand is outrageous from when I first started buying them.
AmeyPednekar
Reviewed in India on May 24, 2023
Hikari products are really awesome. Using for quite some times now. Also had micro pallets which small mouth fishes loved a lot. This @lgae wafer loved by Shrimps, Ottocinclus and sometimes fishes also. Go for it guys. See attached photo. Guys rushing to tablet to eat on first come first serve. BTW it's not like our real Wafer. It's tablet type food. For better, crack one tablet in 2 and put in 2 different areas. One tablet sufficient for 20 odd shrimps (divided in 2 pcs).
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