20 Best Algae Eaters For Betta Tank (2022 Updated)

Have a quick search of the reviews online before buying, this is a dangerous product. I thought that people were just overdosing with the product and that’s why everyone’s fish were dying. Thinking it was more a user error sort of problem.

I was wrong, I underdosed with 0. 5ml just to be safe (recommended was 1. 5ml for my 70L tank. ) Mixed with about 10litres before slowly adding to the tank. I was monitoring for about 40 min and noticed all the fish began acting out of sorts and being very lethargic.

The mystery snails had become none responsive and would float to the top. I immediately did a 50% water change, and separated the snails. I will be doing probably another 50% water change in the next two hours as someone else online had done to save their fish from this product.

This product will harm certain species more than others, from my experience they will harm Tetras, endlers, corydoras and Danios. It’s my strong recommendation that anyone reading this avoids this product.

I’m just glad I underdosed so much. Instead of buying this product, turn the tank light off or move the tank out of direct or indirect sunlight for a week, the green water will slowly disappear o its own.

The first 2x I used this, I followed the directions exactly. I didn’t really see much of an improvement. Maybe a little but nothing major. During a water change. my husband accidentally tripled the dose! Let’s just say I have one very clear fish tank but nothing to look at.

It was our fault and not the product but just a warning if anyone gets risky with the dose and thinking they should use more. It most definitely will kill the fish if you aren’t careful!.

We recently had an algae bloom which got out of control pretty fast in our 36 gallon bowfront tank. I went ahead and ordered a UV filter, but to take quick action, we decided to try this product out in the meantime.

HUGE MISTAKE, we used the recommended amount and within 2 hours most of our fish were all sucking at the surface for air. A few hours later we noticed most of them were just being sediment at the bottom of the tank, we woke up today and found 6 of our fishy friends dead.

I’ve now moved the remaining fish to a quarantine tank, drained all the water again, and am starting completely over when my UV filter gets here. Already threw the rest of the product away and recommend you do the same.

I had a sudden (to me) significant problem with the green string algae in a moderately large pond. The pump started “gasping” and did so of a 1/2 day. I had cleaned out the basket but the pump was still struggling.

I next cleaned the filter which was full of green algae. Pump started working fine. The next day, I had the same problem. I had to repeat the process daily. I called The POND GUY and the representative recommended Algae Fix.

It came within 3 days. When I received the Algae Fix I immediately poured 8 oz in the pond. Of course, I had to continue cleaning the filter for several days, but in less than a week, my pump was singing for days at at time.

I am now on the Barley Mix, but I still need the Algae Fix periodically. It costs much less than having someone come to thoroughly clean my pond and the koi have not been affected. Many thanks to THE POND GUY’s technical team.

I have tried numerous other algae control solutions over many years and this is hands down the best and only one that works. I don’t do many reviews, but this certainly deserves to be made known to all pond owners who are struggling with this problem.

I have a 2000 litre pond with about a dozen koi in Wollongong NSW and found it necessary to totally drain the pond at least once every twelve months and was cleaning the pump every couple of days in summer in order not to have it looking like pea soup! Couldn’t be happier and I am ordering more so that I always have a ready supply.

Please be careful with this if you have Fish! All Algae Removers are chemicals and harmful for fish. Please Read Full Label & use at discretion. Yes this works wonderful on Ponds Only without Fish. This will kill your Fish.

I found out the hard way, and when it was too late. Look up other sites for many many Reviews on its effect on Live Fish. You must have major Filtration & Not used on Warm Day. I have High End Filter System, used on cool day, followed exact directions and within 20min I seen a change on behavior of my fish.

If I wasnt outside watching my Fish (my Shubunkins & Comet Fish) in my Pond closely after distributing it, they would all be dead. Please be careful and If you love your fish I do not Recommend for Ponds with Fish.

Even with heavy Pond Filtration & they all stopped moving and reacted oddly. Some fish went toward my waterfall, some on top gasping for air to breathe. I worked over an hour rescuing each of them (it was not easy Fish are Fast and my Pond is Big) Thankfully I had large operating fish tank in my house to temporarily house them.

They almost all died. After research I found the Algae Remover removes oxygen causing distress/death. Do your research before using any chemicals on live animals or Fish. My Fish are my Pets and I love them I wish I read more Reviews & did more Research.

Now I remove algae by hand, to me a little hard work is worth it, until I find a natural product safe for my little swimmers. I Almost lost 21 Pond Fish.

Had a lot of stringy/bubbly algae that was difficult to remove in an approximately 7,000 gallon koi pond. In previous years I was able to manually remove the surface algae but this year it was a type that couldn’t fully be removed by a pool skimmer or rake.

I did a lot of research to find something fish and aquifer safe and this was the best-priced option. It only took one treatment to remove the algae and it hasn’t come back. Also used a muck/sludge treatment simultaneously and haven’t noticed any additional waste.

It fully cleared after two days with a constant running filter. The fish are still healthy and we can actually see them again. It didn’t totally obliterate all of the algae so they have a bit to feed on along the areas with plants.

It only needed one treatment so we have a lot left to use in future years.

We are renting a house with a koi pond that has not been maintained in years. The water was like soup. We got fed up with it and bought a proper pump and filter, scraped and scraped all the leaves and muck out that we could, but the water was still murky green soup.

We followed the directions and gave it three days of this treatment and the water is actually looking a lot clearer! I think it’ll take many filter cleanings and some new plants to get it all the way there, but this product made a huge impact.

This product works great! String algae is my arch nemesis!! I cannot be without this product in the Spring, Summer and even early Fall months or the string algae will take over my ponds. Can’t use it in the winter here in Ohio due to water temps and, every year, the string algae consumes my ponds during this time.

but the fishies seem to enjoy hiding in it throughout the winter! I like to think of it as a blanket!! Anyways, come Spring, I will be using this to clean it all out again. Works like a charm when used as directed!! Just make sure you have plenty of running water (waterfalls, fountains, bubbling pumps, etc) for your fishies.

They need oxygen and this product reduces the amount of O2 in the water. But rest assured, I have been using this Algae control for years and have had no ill affects on my fish or plants. I have several giant Koi and several large goldfish, plus schools of minnows in each of my ponds.

I notice they hang out near the waterfalls the first day or so of use, then back to normal life soon after!.

I was skeptical that it might harm my koi, but the algae was sop bad I had little choice. I used it sparingly (lower dosage) and it worked great! Japanese Trapdoor Pond Snails have met their match and much lower price!.

I used this in by pond of 2000 gallons, which also is used with our 4 ducks. The algae bloom was horrible. But after the third treatment as perscribed a week later there is no more green and it has started to turn a brownish color and i am having to clean my filters day till all the dead algae is gone.

Water us also starting to clear up. Now my ducks can see my hornwort and are targeting it as dinner. I will trade the the hornwort duck dinner for the clearing water any day. Thanks Pong guy for all the help and amazing videos that helped me get this issue under control.

Will by all my products no where else.

I have been repurchasing this product for years because it has never failed me. It has saved my betta numerous times. If you are a moron and wait until your fish is so diseased it’s near death, this product won’t work.

But if you will look closely at your fish(s) closely each day for a few minutes, to notice any change in their appearance, and catch disease at early stage then this product is a miracle. For me, I have a Betta.

At the first sight of any disease, I add 32oz of fresh water with the same temp to a small plastic tank. I let this hospital tank float in the main tank. For each 16oz, you only need one drop of medicine.

So, only 2 drops needed which really saves money and isolates the sick fish. Each day, I remove 16oz of sick water and replace with a fresh 16oz of treated water. My fish is normally back to health within 3 days using this process at which point it is placed back into the main tank.

hero is a Crowntail Betta. As many times as I have changed his water I never once noticed a nail among his “rocks”. until I noticed he was sluggish and his fins looked weird as though they were thinning and sort of melted.

They never flared. He never got excited. So I decided to get my hands on some Betta Revive {BR} right away as that sounded the most promising. For 7 days he was in medicated water. Full tank changes every 2 days.

The first 2 days he was a bit perkier. By the fifth day he was keenly watching his new neighbor who was in quarantine ~ a pretty, sparkly, white, female. He even started building a small bubble nest.

By the seventh day he was acting a whole lot more normal. Though no changes to his fin situation. On the 8th day he was reintroduced to water only treated with Ultimate. In his tank his is a bamboo plant.

Eventually his fins started filling out again and he would let them fan out when he swam. They have also flared nicely on occasion. They still need more time. He has always been a picky eater and eats only when he decides to.

Many times he just simply ignores the mosquito larvae pellets and/or the dried blood worms, Mysis, and Daphnia. It has nothing to do with the nail. That’s just Hero’s way.

It is one of the better products on the market for disease and preventative treatment. I have been in the fish hobby for 25 plus years and have tried most things out there. Now that AquaTronics is no longer in business, it has been really difficult to find good medication products without bad side-effects.

I read that this can scratch the acrylic so I used the soft cleaning cloth that comes with the new filter and this scraper for the angle to reach the inside surfaces. I did not use the attached sponge on the surface to scrub, only to hold the cleaning cloth agains the side of the tank.

It worked great!.

I guess “extra long” means different things, depending on your tank. Certainly, this is Extra Long if you have a 5 or 10 gallon tank. but cleaning my 75 gallon tank means getting wet past the elbows even with this gadget.

Lasts for several years; if your tank houses big goldfish like mine, that means harder water, more scrubbing, and probably replacing after 3 years or so. I like using the foldover edges to clean the glass seams of my tank – for some reason, the resident Pleco avoids those and algae build up.

A longer handle would probably be more awkward to use. Recommended!.

I have been using a dish scrubber to clean algae off the tank walls each week. It’s hard on my shoulders and back to reach into the corners of the tank. (A plant acquisition introduced green hair algae into my tank and it’s hard to get off.

) This scraper not only gets into the corners much more easily than my arms do, but is thinner so doesn’t uproot the plants and is much better at getting the algae off the walls than the dish scrubber was.

I recently bought a golden mystery snail to add to my tank with a betta fish. I put a wafer in and went somewhere for an hour. When I came back, the water was mildly cloudy. I didn’t think much of it and went to bed.

The next morning the water was even foggier but I had to go to school so I couldn’t clean the tank. When I came back it was almost impossible to see through the glass of my tank and there was some dirt/muck floating at the top of my tank.

The water smelled horrible and I cleaned my tank immediately. I will never buy this product again.

I have been keeping many different fish, including Plecos, for over 50 years and I have tried virtually every wafer on the market. I only feed my Plecos the Hikari brand because my fish obviously prefer it and, in my opinion, it is the best.

The wafers are good sized, don’t cloud the water and are always readily eaten. I never find uneaten wafers in the tanks and my Plecos are HUGE!!.

Bought this for my albino cory catfish and mystery snail to make sure they were getting enough to eat. My snail can’t get enough of it- he’s been munching on the same tablet for ages and he won’t leave it alone.

Even my black velvet mollies seem to like it. The catfish doesn’t seem very interested but I think it just comes down to preference, since my other fish are so infatuated. The tablet has been in the tank for quite a while and has broken down into several pieces and yet it hasn’t clouded the water at all.

Will be buying again!.

I had a medical issue over the winter and wasn’t able to maintain my 5,000 gallon backyard pond at all. Cedar trees dropped a bunch of junk it in that sank and led to a huge algae problem. the walls are stone-lined, top to bottom, and you couldn’t even see the stone for string algae.

It was about 2′ long and everywhere. I replaced my UV bulbs but that didn’t make a dent in it. Out of desperation I ordered this product. When you put it in the water it creates some foam and then within a few minutes, huge globs of algae float to the surface.

It continues to float up for about an hour or so and I just scooped it out with a net. However, even after that phase ends it continues to work. The bright green algae turns yellow-ish and becomes more brittle.

It would always slip off my net before but after treatment, it easily breaks off and scoops out. After three treatments it’s like it never happened. I took a brush to the granite on the sides to remove the residue and now it’s like the whole algae debacle never happened.

I definitely would have used a more conservative dosage with fish in the pond, but the treatment did not damage the plants I have on submerged shelves (too early here for floating plants — not sure how they would fare).

I will absolutely use this again. First time I’ve ever had success in the pond with any kind of chemical treatment.

I have struggled with string algae in my pond for a few years. Scooping it out with a net almost every day only to find it more and more the next day. I used this product once and ALL the algae was gone.

I had to scoop it off the top of the water the first time because there was so much – but it floated to the top and was easy to get out. After that I have only had to use it once after a few heavy rain days.

The algae wasn’t bad at all and just a little sprinkle took care of the very small pieces that were starting to develop. I’m a fan.

I had a terrible problem with string algae that went on for months. I tried all suggestions before using chemicals. My fish are not fed, only 4 goldfish in 1,000 gallons, have variety of plants, used barley extract, beneficial bacteria, manually pulled it out daily and it just kept coming.

After wrestling with it for six months, I bought this product primarily for my waterfall. The string algae grew on the rocks and it was hard to pull off. I even tried using a wire brush but couldn’t keep it under control.

This product worked great. I tried to scrub the algae off after putting the algaecide on but gave up and thought it wasn’t working. It turns out I didn’t need to scrub. It just came off by itself after a few hours.

I was worried about an algae bloom following this from feeding off dead algae but it is okay so far.

I got this product because I seem to have a never ending battle with water beetles no matter how balanced my pool water is maintained. I keep our pool well vacuumed. Not sure if it is because we live out in the country as we never had this problem with our pool when we lived in the city.

While a lot folks have said it is a wasp deterrent, if it is, I’d hate to see what my wasp problem would really be like. Again, we live out in the country ,we have wasps. I seek and destroy wasp nests.

I install wasp traps around the property. We still get wasps. Our pool is magnet for all critters in the hot and dry California summers. I use about 3-4 ounces of this stuff every other week. Any less, the beetles find their way into our pool.

Anymore, I am not thrilled putting a poison into my pool. I don’t let people swim in the pool for 12 hours after, so I treat the water at night and leave the filter on. This stuff kills water beetles within a minute or two.

Crazy fast. Probably not a great product to be swimming in despite any safety claims from the manufacturer, just my two cents, so I keep people out for a bit. This product does cause water foaming.

Extremely fast delivery of product. Bio-Dex did attack the algae which took 2-4 days to clear up. Biggest headache was all the form that covered this pool surface. Almost impossible to see under the form to determine if algae was clearing up a bad case of growth.

Back washing and adding water finally able to see a clear pool. Good job fighting dust from dirt road and wind blowing various tree leaves and dead branches. One of the better algaecides for the fiberglass pool.

Put in a whole bottle in when received a few days ago, because the palm were dropping lots of stuff into the pool. I purchased this because it was recommended on a community post for getting rid of wasps.

We had several hives, and despite clearing them we still had problems. I’m not sure how it worked but today (2 days after I put the product in) I could see 50 or so dead wasps in the pool. Instead of having multiple wasps flying around, there were only a few strays.

Additional comment: 3 weeks into using and the wasps are thinning out. They are still sinking into the water. Very happy with this product, will be ordering more. Update: I can still see one or two wasps flying around as I was adding more of the Kills It today, but the wasp population has been substantially reduced.

We’ve tried everything to kill these nests but they just keep coming back to the pool. Perhaps the concept of contaminating their water supply is a better solution. Very happy with this product. Update: It is now August 2021, and I have not seen a single wasp near our pool this year.

I actually haven’t had to use this product this year at all. Highly recommend.

I have used lots of different products in trying to keep my small pond clear of algae during the frog-free months. I let it get green when the eggs appear. I vacuumed out my pond about a month ago with the fantastic vacuum I gifted myself at Christmas time that The Pond Guy sells.

Turns a 3-hour session into no time at all. The pond vacuums out all water in about 10 minutes. There were no leaves to worry about, so it was fast. Anyway, I wasn’t convinced that this product would work but I’m glad to say that finally I’ve struck gold with Algae D-Solv.

I noticed some plumes last week and some rock coverage. I deployed 1/2 ounce into my approx 200-gallon pond. I then poured a tiny bit of neat product onto some algae sitting in about 1/2″ of water to see if it really worked.

I’m happy to say that ALL ALGAE is gone, including all the algae on the ornamental rocks around the side of the pond at water level. I’m so happy I bought it.

I have a decorative water feature that was covered in algae from an extremely hot summer. I didn’t want to use harmful chemicals because birds do take a bath on the steps of the water feature. I used the Algae D-Solv along with the Clarity Max.

Within 2 weeks the algae was almost completely gone and now at 5 weeks all the algae stain is off the rocks and no algae debris in the pond area! I highly recommend these products! No need for toxic chemicals! The customer service reps are fantastic.

I have recommended these products now to family and friends.

Started using this when we came down with an algae problem and discovered a uv light wasn’t working. It really helped, overnight the algae would disappear. Now I use it about every other week just to help maintain things as the pond is in direct sunlight with just an umbrella for a little cover.

Gotta say, it works better than anything else i’ve tried in the past. I do keep a couple airstones running along with the water fall to make sure there is enough airation but, it has not bothered the fish or the plants.

I intend to keep using it. Sweepstakes.

My two kittens love it. They cry for it in the morning. I have to give it to them. Your foods are the best. I have tried every brand in the store. My search is over!!!! Thank you

The tabs I have been using for a long time always clouded the water for several hours after feeding. API wafers don’t do that and the fish love them. The two Plecos I have are several years old now and they are thriving on these wafers.

My long-fin chocolate plecos spawned and the fry were having trouble finding food, but not with these wafers. The moment I drop them in the tank the young plecos are on them. Same is true of the adult plecos and my Chinese algae eaters.

I bought this today and got home and treated tank at 7pm. took all carbon media out. cranked air pumps and opened power head air flows wide open. now at 830 pm same night 1 1/2 hrs later tank is clearer than ever has been.

I treated at 1/4 dose first and diluted it into gallon of water and poured slowly through my hang on back filter to dilute as much as possible. seen alot of horror stories of other brands killing all the fish almost instantly swimming through it.

Then 15 mins later added another quarter dose for total of half dose. then another 1/4 dose 15 mins later. so total dose of 3/4 strength. wish I took pictures cause if you told me it worked like this id swear I was getting lied to.

This stuff rocks just dilute and add slowly and crank air to max and sit back and watch. super impressed will keep a supply of it in my have to have meds and supplies.

I bought this hoping to be able to use it right away. Couldn’t find the instructions, so I went to this site and discovered Marineland says, “peel the back” for instructions. The only problem is, when I attempt to peel the back the entire label comes off and there is absolutely no way to separate what I’m guessing is to panels with the instructions on the inside! #1 Marineland should make it clear on the bottle where the instructions are to be found and #2 They should make is super easy to access said instructions!!!.

I had some pretty nasty brown algae that was taking over my tank causing me to have to scrub all the ornaments really well each week. So I got some of this algae eliminator and dipped a toothbrush in it and scrubbed it all over the ornaments and rinsed them.

They’ve ben in in the tank for 2-3 weeks and don’t have a spot of algae on them 😀 id defiantly suggest this to others. (the reason I didn’t put it strait in my tank is because its so small and I didn’t want to end up with too much in there ).

Without doubt this product exceeds all other products I have tried over many year as a fish keeper. It’s a truly amazing product for removing cynobacteria (blue slime algae) from topical/fresh water aquariums.

If used per the the instructions the results are noticeable after a few days and a crystal clear aquarium visable usually within a week. I have tried and tested many other brands claiming to work? and none have worked! ULTRALIFE IS THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE!!.

Despite my best attempts to manually remove it, and seemingly perfect water parameters, my aquarium was still covered with green slime. I dissolved the recommended dose (2 spoonfuls per 20 gallons, i.

e. 6 spoonfuls for my 240L tank) in some aquarium water and poured it into the tank. After two days, the difference was not massive, so as instructed, I repeated the dose. Within three days, most of the slime had disappeared, and the slime that remained had died and turned grey.

This worked better than anything else I had tried, including hydrogen peroxide (which helped, but nowhere near this much). I noticed no harm to my fish or plants in the process. Although I’m skeptical this product does not contain antibiotics — maybe it contains the antibiotic-producing fungus instead — it certainly got the job done.

This is a great product for removing cyanobacteria. When I purchased it, the bloom in my tank was so bad that a green carpet was forming on everything in the tank a metre 36 hours after I cleaned the tank! I put one dose in before the weekend and then waited until Monday to do a second dose, and then I cleaned the tank on Thursday.

A week later, the cyanobacteria had not returned and I haven’t had to redo the dose since! I suspect the cyanobacteria came in on a plant I had introduced to the tank. I keep a native Australian freshwater turtle and a convict cichlid, both prefer hard water (pH of approx.

8) and they didn’t exhibit any signs of distress or irritation in their eyes or skin. I have already recommended it to others.

I bought this betta fix when my fish was showing signs of illness. (Laying at the bottom of the tank, hiding and not eating) I used 5 ML for my 3 gallon tank once a day for a week and this brought my fish back to life! He was a brand new fish and was eating and swimming once again.

I definitely will be purchasing this again. I believe he has fin rot and showing signs of swim bladder. This seemed to cure the swim bladder because he’s swimming normal Now. This is Good stuff. Please get this for Your fish! Don’t let the bad reviews scare you.

I won’t lie, I was a bit hesitant to use this but it worked and saved my little Oscar.

I have a double tail male betta for a while I ended up neglecting his tank causing him to get pretty severe fin rot. If you know anything about a double tail they have a top tail and a bottom tail that is the same tail.

His bottom tail was basically one centimeter left. And his top tail was maybe 3 cm left along with his long bottom tail thin being very skinny and the top one the same and almost gone. I’ve been using this product for about 2 months.

His tail is regrowing back generally fast it can take up to 8 months for fenrot to go away. His top double tail is now like 6 cm with the bottom at 4ish almost 5. His bottom longfin is much longer and a lot wider than it was when I had began using the medicine his Top Fin is also wider again along with his double tail actually becoming his double tail again.

So my opinion of this medication is that it works it does take time however it works and he’s doing a lot better now that he’s on the medicine then when he was without it. So I’d say this is a great product.

Because I thought I was going to lose him. And I didn’t.

I would not recommend this product because it has tea tree in it which can kill your betta. The tea tree can coat your fishes lungs making it hard to breath. I gave bettafix to my fish and it started getting aggressive and going g to the top of the tank for air so I did a water change and got aquarium salt.

I recommend aquarium salt insteat.

For almost a year, I was feeding these to my Otos and RCS. and they seemed to like them well enough. But, coincidently for about as long as I’ve been feeding them these, my freshwater tank has had smelly water.

After reading other reviews on these, it finally made sense. Others have had the same experience with these causing smelly water. I’ve also been struggling with algae issue for about the same length of time, so I’m curious if these are the cause of that issue also.

I’ll set that issue aside even, and these still only get 1 star. I feed my fish Omega One flake, so I decided to take a look at their veggie rounds. The ingredients look much better, and after dropping a few of those in my freshwater tank, I’ve decided never again to buy Aqueon’s garbage rounds.

My shrimp and fish are practically fighting over the Omega One veggie rounds – behavior that I never saw out of them when feeding them Aqueon’s product. The short: Don’t waste your $ on these – get Omega One veggie rounds instead.

The piece size changes from bag to bag. The pieces in the bag were bigger in the bag I received that the other bag that was on the shelf. I hope they aren’t making these bigger because my fish won’t eat the bigger ones.

Pickup itself was great. My order was ready quickly.

My recommendation is for a Plecostomus only. I have a small Albino Bristlenose Plecostomus that dearly loves these and will begin eating them immediately. My Corydoras Catfish absolutely hate them and will strarve rather than eat them.

All snails I have (even pond snails which eat everything) won’t touch these. (Maybe because they have Copper Sulfate in them which is deadly to snails in certain quantities?) My fish will sometimes pick at one for a bite or two and then not touch it again like they were repulsed by it.

So if you’ve got a Plecostomus, or known algae eater they seem to be liked. Otherwise I would say don’t get them. Also they turn to nasty piles of bacteria and furry white growths within 6 hours of dropping them into freshwater.

So if your fish aren’t eating them all in 4 hours or less you’ll want to get them out of the tank. They are usually too heavy to vacuum out so you’ll need a tool to pick them out. They really are nasty looking after a few hours and will cloud your water if left uneaten.

Also the Plecostomus produces lots of waste when he eats these so apparently they are loaded with filler that isn’t taken in by their bodies. They are breakable and sink well so you can put in smaller amounts than one wafer into areas your algae eating fish tend to sit.

I really wanted to believe the better reviews here, so I bought this for my common pleco and my siamese algae eater. Not only did they avoid these wafers like the plague, but none of my 5 food-greedy goldfish would touch them either! The food would sit on the bottom and swell up to a slimy, moldy puffball within a few hours that ended up clouding the water.

I did a full water change (30 gallon tank) and gave the wafers a second chance, putting them in the tank to get the same results: super cloudy water and no food eaten. I had to do another full change and fed fish with other foods and had no problems afterward.

I wish Chewy would accept exchanges or returns for this, as I had only taken about 8-10 wafers from the whole bag. I do not recommend this product.

I have a plecostomus (pleco) fish who likes this brand of algae wafer. When I bought the pleco, he was about 4 inches long and was part of a community tank. When something in the local water supply other than chlorine or fluoride killed all of my other fish, the pleco was the only survivor.

I have had him for about 14 years, and he is now about 18 inches long, healthy, and active. Apparently the Tetra Pleco Wafers provide the nutrition that the pleco requires to be happy and healthy. I have occasionally fed him other foods, but his primary diet consists of the Tetra Pleco Wafers.

As my pleco has grown, his diet has increased from one pleco wafer per day to 3 wafers twice a day (6 per day); 3 in the morning, and 3 at night. There is another brand on the market, but that brand clouds the water and gums up the filtration system quickly.

Tetra Pleco Wafers do not cloud the water, and the pleco really likes them. I would recommend Tetra Pleco Wafers to anyone who has one or more plecos in his or her aquarium.

My baby bristlenose pleco likes it but they’re so big and I only have the one pleco (in a smaller tank waiting till he can get bigger to go in with my Oscars) so I have to break it into smaller pieces and they don’t break easy.

That’s the only reason I didn’t give it five stars. When you break it they don’t break in half the outside ring breaks off and your left with giving them the algae tablet or the green part. Had I known this I probably would have went with a different algae tablet while he was a baby until he was big enough to eat the whole thing.

Thought I would share in case someone was looking to get these for a baby pleco.

This worked so great to clean the inside of my aquarium of algae. The magnets are very strong so there is not a problem with losing the inside cleaner. The tool is made so it is easy to hold even for arthritic hands! Definitely worth the money! Thank you.

I was in a retail shop a month ago and noticed a fish tank for children of the customers. The tank was beautifully clean, so I found the owner of the shop and asked about little algae spots on the glass and why he didn’t have them.

He recommended this wonderful product to me, and I immediately ordered it on chewy. com. I am so thankful that I did. My entire family played with this magnet in our fish tank. The tank’s glass is fabulous again.

I am so grateful for this item. I would recommend it to anyone. We made small circular movements on the glass in order to clean the algae spots (It was like a fabric of algae spots by the time we found the product), and that cleared it up instantly.

Whoever invented this tool is a genius. Its very helpful and makes cleaning easier. I will say this thou. The black pad for the glass isnt that great. We have been using the blue pad for our glass aquarium and it works better than the black one.

At least for us anyway. Still recommend this tool to anyone who has a tank it’s a must have.

These are great. Not only do they fit through the holes in the smaller tanks but I can use them in my large tanks. They float for a second where the top-dwelling fish snag a few and then they sink so my algae grazing fish and shrimp at the bottom can pick at them.

They’re a great product all my critters love and they’re affordable. Would definitely recommend to other fishkeepers.

Super versatile fish food. All my fish absolutely love these pellets. They are best when crushed up as they become soft in the water faster, and easier for the fish to digest. Fish absolutely go crazy for these.

My pleco (Lonfin, lemon, blue eyed) loves these and there is no sign of anything left come morning without algae your pleco will starve and these are a good substitute as a pleco will soon clear a tank of algae.

He also eats spinach leaves and cucumber and as a treat sinking wafers for meat\protein.

Catappa leaves serve many purposes for our freshwater and brackish aquariums! As most of us know, Catappa leaves release tannins into the water. Whether you like the natural appearance of a light yellow to dark amber color in the water, we all agree that tannins are good for the health of aquatics.

Tannins are natural compound found in many organic compounds such as driftwood, leaf litter, and alter cones. Tannins are antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, and algaecidal. They can help prevent and treat existing infections and parasites in an aquarium, such as Fin Rot, Pop-Eye, and even Ich or Velvet, among many others.

Raising the temperature in the aquarium, using freshwater aquarium salt, performing large, frequent water changes of 40-90% daily or every 2-3 days, or the addition of natural antibiotics suggested by your exotics/aquatics veterinarian can also be used to treat serious infections or parasites in the water.

This is why I prefer tannins over any artificial, questionable “treatment” in the market, and is exactly why I use these Catappa leaves (driftwood and alder cones as well) in my licensed rescue/foster/rehab center for Betta fish and nano aquaria.

I’ve healed many Bettas with overly long fins (like Rosetails, Feathertails, and long-tailed Halfmoons, which makes their tails too heavy and therefore they bite their own tails off), like Muesli and Texas Pete, two male Bettas of which apparently had overly long fins.

I’ve also used it on many other nano aquatics and Bettas with many other diseases and infections, and it has never failed me. My fellow aquarists, I highly suggest and recommend you consider tannins, which are ultimately much safer, more natural, cheaper for those of you with a small budget, and I believe much more likely to treat infections than any of those many other artificial ‘treatments’.

‘Consider natural, decline artificial’ ~MERatty (me).

Wow! I heard all the hype about these but didn’t realize just HOW MUCH shrimp love them. I have a new little 5. 5 gallon shrimp tank setup and I really want my shrimp colony to survive and do well so I thought I’d get some of these after hearing how great they are for shrimp.

My shrimp went from acting sort of listless and inactive to being super happy little shrimp within hours of sticking one of these bad boys in there! And they’ve been busy grazing all over the place and generally just doing their happy little shrimp thing ever since.

So glad I got these!.

I was excited to see such a large leaf. I figured my betta could also rest on the leaf or mess around with it when bored. 48 hours after I placed it in my betta’s 5gallon tank. nothing. No change in the water at all.

My local pet stores have always carried much smaller versions of this product and I’ve seen the leaves start to alter the water within an hour. I don’t know what is happening with this product but it is a BIG BUST.

Bought this after another company’s product failed to live up to its claims. This one made a visible difference. Two minor gripes, the writing on the label stuck on with the instructions in English was so tiny I couldn’t read it, even with reading glasses (fortunately I have a boom arm binocular microscope) and instructions didn’t indicate how often it could, or should, be applied.

Main thing is, it works.

For over 50 years I have kept aquaria. Algae is a fact of life. I have used UV lights, filters of various kinds and chemicals of various kinds. I have always had to resort to good old fashioned manual cleaning of the glass and rocks.

I don’t believe anyone who says they do not have an algae problem. However I am always ready to try a new formulation in the hope that someone will invent a total treatment for algae that will not harm plants or fish.

I hoped that “Algumin” would provide the answer. I used it exactly as specified on the container having first cleaned the aquarium. The algae grew back at the same rate as before. I repeated the process and the same algae growth occurred.

I have therefore come to the experienced conclusion that this colourless odourless liquid is no more effective than water. I hoped to be able to say it was a success but, it isn’t unfortunately.

Takes a while (nine) days to show improvement which isn’t mentioned on the bottle. People may give up and do a water change in the meantime which won’t help. Does eventually work so be patient. My tank was a real pea soup and I am now very happy with the results.