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product_id: 12931957
title: "API ALGAE EATER WAFERS Algae Wafer Fish Food 6.4-Ounce Container"
brand: "api"
price: "NZ$34"
currency: NZD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Api"
url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/12931957-api-algae-eater-wafers-algae-wafer-fish-food-6-4
store_origin: NZ
region: New Zealand
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# Feeds up to twice daily, 2-hour consumption Nutrient-rich algae & Omega-3 blend 30% less ammonia waste API ALGAE EATER WAFERS Algae Wafer Fish Food 6.4-Ounce Container

**Brand:** api
**Price:** NZ$34
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🐠 Feed the future of your aquarium with cleaner water and healthier fish!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** API ALGAE EATER WAFERS Algae Wafer Fish Food 6.4-Ounce Container by api
- **How much does it cost?** NZ$34 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/12931957-api-algae-eater-wafers-algae-wafer-fish-food-6-4)

## Best For

- api enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted api brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Complete & Balanced Diet:** Tailored for algae eaters like Plecos and Otocinclus with essential Omega-3s and fiber.
- • **Cleaner, Clearer Aquarium:** Releases 30% less ammonia, maintaining pristine water quality effortlessly.
- • **Versatile Feeding Schedule:** Feed up to twice daily with precise portion control to avoid overfeeding.
- • **Optimized Nutrient Absorption:** Breakthrough formula boosts protein uptake for healthier fish and less waste.
- • **Trusted Brand with Proven Results:** API’s 4.6-star rated formula keeps your fish vibrant and thriving for years.

## Overview

API ALGAE EATER WAFERS provide a scientifically formulated, nutrient-rich diet designed specifically for algae-eating fish. Featuring a unique protein blend and Omega-3 fatty acids, these wafers enhance nutrient absorption while reducing ammonia waste by up to 30%, promoting a cleaner, healthier aquarium environment. Ideal for species like Plecos and Otocinclus, this 6.4-ounce container supports optimal fish growth and vibrant coloration with easy twice-daily feeding.

## Description

The breakthrough formula of API ALGAE EATER WAFERS Fish Food includes a unique, nutritionally enhanced protein to ensure easy uptake of nutrients and enhanced absorption. Fish more readily use the nutrients and release up to 30% less ammonia, for cleaner, clearer water. The result is healthier fish living in a healthier environment. API ALGAE EATER WAFERS Fish Food contains a rich blend of algae plus Omega-3 fatty acids to help promote healthy growth. This unique formula also contain alfalfa, a good source of fiber. API ALGAE EATER WAFERS Fish Food is a complete & balanced diet to meet the nutritional requirements of all algae-eating fish, including Plecos (Plecostomus), Ancistrus and Otocinclus. API Fish Food is formulated for a variety of popular fish such as cichlids, goldfish, tetra, betta, angelfish and more with high quality ingredients fish love such as algae, shrimp, worms and more. Keep your fish healthy, happy and colorful with food that contains optimal levels of nutrients as well as helps produce less waste, toxins and stress. For delayed release try API VACATION and WEEKEND PYRAMID FEEDERS.

Review: Stinky but the snails like it - Price is right, snails love it. I give it 5 stars even though it really stinks up the house when I feed it at nighttime (nocturnal eaters). I wake the next morning and smell it. But they like it so…….
Review: A Good Quality Brand That Has Kept My Fish Healthy For Years - My fish love these! I've used this API brand for many years now and my catfish like the bottom feeder pellets so I went to try these.

## Features

- Contains one (1) API ALGAE EATER WAFERS Algae Wafer Fish Food 6.4-Ounce Container
- Made with nutrient rich blend to provide algae eaters with a complete and balanced diet
- Includes algae and Omega-3 fatty acids that algae-eating fish need for optimal health and growth
- Formulated to help fish more readily use nutrients which means less waste and clean, clear water
- Feed up to twice a day the amount of food your fish will consume within 2 hours

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B005XDCNBS |
| Age Range (Description) | Adult |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Allergen Information | Apple Free |
| Animal Food Diet Type | Veterinary Diet |
| Best Sellers Rank | #4,909 in Pet Supplies ( See Top 100 in Pet Supplies ) #33 in Aquarium Fish Food |
| Brand | API |
| Brand Name | API |
| Breed Recommendation | Small Breeds |
| Container Type | Bottle |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 4,748 Reviews |
| Dog Breed Size | Small |
| Flavor | Fish |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00317163038406 |
| Item Form | Wafer |
| Item Type Name | Algae Eater Fish Food |
| Item Weight | 10.53 ounces |
| Manufacturer | Mars Fishcare |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 840C |
| Model Number | 840C |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Occasion | Birthday |
| Package Size Name | 6.4 Ounce |
| Product Benefits | Improved nutrient absorption, reduced waste, healthier fish and environment |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Daily feeding of algae-eating fish in an aquarium |
| Special Ingredients | Alfalfa |
| Specific Uses For Product | Nutrition |
| Target Species | Fish |
| UPC | 634252039268 317163038406 |
| Unit Count | 6.4 Ounce |

## Product Details

- **Age Range (Description):** Adult
- **Brand:** API
- **Flavor:** Fish
- **Item Form:** Wafer
- **Specific Uses For Product:** Nutrition

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Are these also good for snails?  I know I'm getting a snail to eat the algae on the tank but if it devours all that's there, can these be used?**
A: Yes, snails love algae wafers!

**Q: How long should i keep this in the tank?**
A: Our fish eat there wafers right away.when we do our tank cleaning anything left is cleaned out

**Q: Are these wafers bigger or smaller? I have a 5 inch pleco and she needs bigger discs.**
A: Yes, they are bigger size wafers and I like this product. However, I still supplement my pleco's diet with cucumbers, green beans, and other veggies. Pleco's can't live off of wafers, they don't really eat algae after a certain size.  I have a 9 to 10 inch pleco that I've had for 8 years and veggies and driftwood are what he really eats. Hope that helped!

**Q: What is the difference between these and the “bottom feeder pellets” by api?**
A: Honestly they are the same

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stinky but the snails like it
*by P***L on May 3, 2026*

Price is right, snails love it. I give it 5 stars even though it really stinks up the house when I feed it at nighttime (nocturnal eaters). I wake the next morning and smell it. But they like it so…….

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Good Quality Brand That Has Kept My Fish Healthy For Years
*by C***Y on January 29, 2026*

My fish love these! I've used this API brand for many years now and my catfish like the bottom feeder pellets so I went to try these.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can be broken into halves/quarters for smaller fish
*by J***B on December 8, 2022*

Happy to have located API brand algae eater wafers which we’d previously purchased & broken into quarters to feed 3 silver dollars we’d had for more than 10 years, and which were larger than the palm of my hand. Our silver dollars would occasionally eat large flakes of those dropped for the community of fish, but mainly ate these wafers. They would scoop up a chunk, sometimes dropping and quickly catching it again, jealously guarding the prize until consuming it. When unable to locate them in our local pet stores we tried another brand which we found to be too hard to break, and not being eaten by our silver dollars. Fortunately, these great API wafers were available on Amazon. LAGNIAPPE: We relocated to a new home approximately 3 ½ years ago and moved our 90-gallon tank of community fish in 5-gallon buckets with holes punched in the tops and air pumps, set up our new 75 gal. aquarium (same footprint; lower height) and later transferred fish. None died, and 2 of the huge silver dollars adjusted well after transfer. The third would occasionally have random panic attacks. After about 2 years he died and the 2 remaining silver dollars swam together as pals. The silver dollars were able to distinguish me from my larger husband. He usually fed them, and on the fewer occasions that I slowly came by the tank and dropped wafer parts, they would panic and rush away to hide. This occurred consistently, so these silver dollars definitely differentiated between my us. My husband takes really good care of the tank, doing partial water changes almost every week. We have artificial plants, wood, and rocks which are he regularly cleans in a hydrogen peroxide and water solution, dries in the sun on the back patio, and then returns to the tank. We even purchased a new hood and lights that can be set many ways, but which we set to mimic a natural fish environment, gradually lighting in the morning and gradually diming to dark in the evening. Nothing too good for our huge silver dollars. Over the years a newly introduced fish would occasionally die, but never did one compromise our whole tank. Then a terrible thing happened. We purchased pretty silver dollars a little larger than the tiny ones usually available in the pet store. They could gradually grow and help our 2 silver dollars should one of the older 2 die. The pet store tanks looked clean. We considered going home to set up a temporary nursery tank (which we’d never before done) and then moving the new fish a week or so later to our large tank,but were afraid someone would purchase the larger of the available silver dollars. Terrible, terrible decision! A single day after putting the 2 new silver dollars in our tank we saw ich-also referred to as ick (Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis) on one of them and immediately got medicine to treat the tank. Because of concern for our huge silver dollars we chose a medicine that didn’t require changing the water temperature. The next day one of our original silver dollars was covered with ich-- and then came the domino death effect. We did a second treatment but lost both original silver dollars and numerous other community fish, some that had been in our tank for at least 5 years, with deaths occurring daily, some with no signs of ich, so possibly occurring from the actual medical treatment. More than 35 continuous years of aquarium set ups (first a 29 gallon, then two 29 gallons, then 30 years of the 90-gallon, and later this 75 gallon) and never had we had “original” fish die (much less more than half the aquarium) after introducing a couple of healthy-looking fish. We used to sit in a recliner in the corner of the room and watch our silver dollars and smaller fish, and the silver dollars would come to the glass and watch us. Such a sad end to what we so wrongly had thought to be a reasonable decision. Silly, but I could cry thinking about those 2 old silver dollars. Sometimes a fish is not just a fish.

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*Store origin: NZ*
*Last updated: 2026-06-01*