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Whaty is the basic difference between these two products.

Sinking Wafers and Algae Wafers.

OK I know one sinks and one has algae, but there must be more to it than that.

I want to use it on the 5ft tank which has

1 7ins & 6 3ins Clown Loaches
3L & 2m Silver Sharks
4 S Pictus Catfish
2L Hoplo Catfish
6+? Bristlenose Catfish
10m Opaline Gourami all males
2m Pearl Gourami all males
6m SAE

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The sinking wafers are for catfish, loaches, and other bottom feeders while the algae wafers are for plecos and other algae eating fishes.

The only difference in ingredients is that the algae wafers contain dehydrated alfalfa meal...but everything else is the same.

I have both and really only use the algae wafers for my BN. The sinking wafers made the bottom of the tank really nasty with the leftover food (yes I should have taken it out but didnt), so I don't really use them anymore.

I would get the sinking wafers because the only algae eater you have is the BN and it will most likely eat the sinking wafers.
Another choice is the sinking carnivore pellets... I guess they are like shrimp pellets..not sure though. I haven't tried them so I don't know how they differ from the sinking wafers.

They should make it alot easier to pick out food. Alot of their products sound like the same thing.

*Kristin*

Thank you for that info that is basically what I thought. I will try to find some info on the pellets.

I will be ordering these with other good on line that is why I was wanting the info.

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I understand. The little descriptions they give you really don't tell you alot of info. Some sites don't give any info at all, so you are left to guess about items.

*Kristin*

i kinda just used the algae wafers for larger fish, and the small ones for small fish.

but the small ones are better b/c the larger ones make a mess if ur fish dont eat them.

I have both and my bottom-feeding fish (corys, loaches, SAE, Rams) seems to slightly prefer the Algae wafers (they go really nuts once I drop it in). The smaller sinking wafer doesn't break down as quickly as the larger Algae wafer though (I've seen it intact 12 hours after I put it in), so it's easier to remove if left uneaten.

-P

I have the small ones as my bottom feeders preferred those, but by bottom feeders are omnivores, and I believe the sinking wafers have more protien content (fish meal or something? I'll check the bag)

The carnivore pellets are OK, but they don't sink too well and a lot of my fish didn't really like them, they much preferred the shrimp pellets.

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