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Larry Blanchard said the following on 1/11/2008 11:51 AM:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:23:56 -0600, Reel McKoi wrote:

I'm waiting for the brand new ultra modern PetsMart to open in my nearest
town. I bet they'll have a large selection of feeds and carry Hikari
products.

I'll second the approval of Hikari foods. The micro wafers are great and
they also have micro pellets for smaller fish or fish with small mouths.


After reading this thread, I was in Walmart here last night and looked
to see what they had as far as wafers. They had Wardley brand and Hikari
brand algea wafers. Doesn't mean they carry them in TN stores but they
typically carry the same things nation wide.

It was the only Hikari product I saw though.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind

On Jan 11, 11:37*am, Randy Webb wrote:
Larry Blanchard said the following on 1/11/2008 11:51 AM:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:23:56 -0600, Reel McKoi wrote:

I'm waiting for the brand new ultra modern PetsMart to open in my nearest
town. I bet they'll have a large selection of feeds and carry Hikari
products.

I'll second the approval of Hikari foods. *The micro wafers are great and
they also have micro pellets for smaller fish or fish with small mouths.

After reading this thread, I was in Walmart here last night and looked
to see what they had as far as wafers. They had Wardley brand and Hikari
brand algea wafers. Doesn't mean they carry them in TN stores but they
typically carry the same things nation wide.

It was the only Hikari product I saw though.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind

Try shopping for fish food in a "real" store and not in Wally World
where the majority of "rednecks" and illegals shop for cut rate crap!
If a store (other than Wally World) carries Hikari products then they
can get in mirco wafers or pellets simply by ordering from
vendor.................Besides online is just too cheap to not use
decent foods like Hikari and even with shipping it may come out as
cheap as or cheaper than buying cheap foods locally....................

"Randy Webb" wrote in message
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After reading this thread, I was in Walmart here last night and looked to
see what they had as far as wafers. They had Wardley brand and Hikari
brand algea wafers. Doesn't mean they carry them in TN stores but they
typically carry the same things nation wide.

It was the only Hikari product I saw though.
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I've yet to see Hikari in Wal*Mart but I'll check next week when I'm food
shopping there. I buy the Shrimp pellets and Tubifex worms there since they
have the lowest prices - that's about it.
--

RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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Reel McKoi said the following on 1/11/2008 11:34 PM:

"Randy Webb" wrote in message
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After reading this thread, I was in Walmart here last night and looked
to see what they had as far as wafers. They had Wardley brand and
Hikari brand algea wafers. Doesn't mean they carry them in TN stores
but they typically carry the same things nation wide.

It was the only Hikari product I saw though.
===============================
I've yet to see Hikari in Wal*Mart but I'll check next week when I'm
food shopping there. I buy the Shrimp pellets and Tubifex worms there
since they have the lowest prices - that's about it.

The only reason I paid attention to it is because of this thread. I went
to the pet section just to see if I could find Hikari products. I have a
bag of the Hikari Algae Wafers but it is because someone gave them to me
when I took her plecostamus off her hands. As for eating it, I don't see
a lot of difference in the way my algae eaters eat the Hikari's versus
the Wardley's brand.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind

On Jan 12, 12:56*am, Randy Webb wrote:
Reel McKoi said the following on 1/11/2008 11:34 PM:



"Randy Webb" wrote in message
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After reading this thread, I was in Walmart here last night and looked
to see what they had as far as wafers. They had Wardley brand and
Hikari brand algea wafers. Doesn't mean they carry them in TN stores
but they typically carry the same things nation wide.

It was the only Hikari product I saw though.
===============================
I've yet to see Hikari in Wal*Mart but I'll check next week when I'm
food shopping there. I buy the Shrimp pellets and Tubifex worms there
since they have the lowest prices - that's about it.

The only reason I paid attention to it is because of this thread. I went
to the pet section just to see if I could find Hikari products. I have a
bag of the Hikari Algae Wafers but it is because someone gave them to me
when I took her plecostamus off her hands. As for eating it, I don't see
a lot of difference in the way my algae eaters eat the Hikari's versus
the Wardley's brand.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind

http://www.hikari.info/tropical/t_25.html
But that crappy Wardley brand will foul your water and not give proper
nutrition..........as every dumbass knows.............TYNK said
so......and she knows everything.

If you have a "very" knowledgeable LFS that your in tight with, you
might be able to get them to order yu the large "Store" package that
is not marketed for retail trade. Its a large container with a shaker
spout which makes feeding an act like shaking out some salt or pepper
on food...............and its pretty hard to shake too much out with
the container.................plus it costs a great deal less to buy
than the retail containers. So if you drop a lot of $$$$$ at the LFS
see if they will cut you some slack on that item and order it for you.

"Randy Webb" wrote in message
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Reel McKoi said the following on 1/11/2008 11:34 PM:
I've yet to see Hikari in Wal*Mart but I'll check next week when I'm food
shopping there. I buy the Shrimp pellets and Tubifex worms there since
they have the lowest prices - that's about it.

The only reason I paid attention to it is because of this thread. I went
to the pet section just to see if I could find Hikari products. I have a
bag of the Hikari Algae Wafers but it is because someone gave them to me
when I took her plecostamus off her hands. As for eating it, I don't see a
lot of difference in the way my algae eaters eat the Hikari's versus the
Wardley's brand.
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I think the most important thing is variety. If they're fed a variety and
not underfed, they'll thrive. I must have 10 different types of flakes and
pellets I feed them. I also buy the frozen foods. They go wild over that
but it sure is expensive.
--

RM.... .
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

On Jan 12, 9:30*am, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Randy Webb" wrote in message

... Reel McKoi said the following on 1/11/2008 11:34 PM:
I've yet to see Hikari in Wal*Mart but I'll check next week when I'm food
shopping there. I buy the Shrimp pellets and Tubifex worms there since
they have the lowest prices - that's about it.

The only reason I paid attention to it is because of this thread. I went
to the pet section just to see if I could find Hikari products. I have a
bag of the Hikari Algae Wafers but it is because someone gave them to me
when I took her plecostamus off her hands. As for eating it, I don't see a
lot of difference in the way my algae eaters eat the Hikari's versus the
Wardley's brand.

===============================
I think the most important thing is variety. If they're fed a variety and
not underfed, they'll thrive. I must have 10 different types of flakes and
pellets I feed them. *I also buy the frozen foods. They go wild over that
but it sure is expensive.
--

RM.... .
Zone 6. *Middle TN USA
~~~~ *}((((* *~~~ * }{{{{(ö

Frozen is closer to what they would normally eat in the wilds. I play
with a lot of sal****er fish and if it was not for my making my own
food for them I would probabnly have a heap less fish and tanks to
deal with, but fortunately making sal****er fish food is pretty darn
cheap, andm uch easier to do than making FW fish food......

For example I use fresh shrimp, fresh fish (cheapest I can find
mackeral, sea bass, porgies, etc etc) clams, scallops, mussles, squid,
rotifiers and a pack or two of NORI sheet algae, a bit of garlic
extract or even fresh ground up garlic, and Selcon......run it all
through a blender/ food processer, and then spoon it out into 6 x 6
plastic baggies and place on cookie tray and freeze into packets.
Pull a baggie of it out and break off pieces to swish around inside
the tank and as it melts particles of it float free inthe
water.....Easy to make.however the Freshwater deal is much harder, to
acquire the needed ingredieints, that are beneficial...........

Try attaching a piece of NORI (sheet Algae) to a piece of rock or
water logged drift wood for the algae eating fish to eaty in a FW
setup............mine all love Nori Sheet algae and its much cheaper
to buy than the wafers.......

"TSJ" wrote in message
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Try attaching a piece of NORI (sheet Algae) to a piece of rock or
water logged drift wood for the algae eating fish to eaty in a FW
setup............mine all love Nori Sheet algae and its much cheaper
to buy than the wafers.......
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I still haven't seen these sheets in any of our local stores. We don't have
stores that cater to Asians. Have you seen this algae anywhere else?

I hope the prices are a little lower in the new PetsMart that's about to
open soon.
--

RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

On Jan 14, 6:23*pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"TSJ" wrote in message

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Try attaching a piece of NORI (sheet Algae) to a piece of rock or
water logged drift wood for the algae eating fish to eaty in a FW
setup............mine all love Nori Sheet algae and its much cheaper
to buy than the wafers.......
============================
I still haven't seen these sheets in any of our local stores. We don't have
stores that cater to Asians. Have you seen this algae anywhere else?

I hope the prices are a little lower in the new PetsMart that's about to
open soon.
--

RM....
Zone 6. *Middle TN USA
~~~~ *}((((* *~~~ * }{{{{(ö

It is also available in a lot of health food stores. They sell it in
World Imports Store also...and IIRC I have seen it in Wally World in
the section that has asian foods etc noodles, sauces and such......
(just a small area but I distinctly seen it was listed as Asian foods
section)........The same exact algae sheets will set you back $9 or 10
bucks for a package of lesser quantity in the big box pet stores.

"Reel McKoi" wrote in
:


"TSJ" wrote in message
..
. Try attaching a piece of NORI (sheet Algae) to a piece of rock or
water logged drift wood for the algae eating fish to eaty in a FW
setup............mine all love Nori Sheet algae and its much cheaper
to buy than the wafers.......
============================
I still haven't seen these sheets in any of our local stores. We don't
have stores that cater to Asians. Have you seen this algae anywhere
else?

I hope the prices are a little lower in the new PetsMart that's about
to open soon.

Do you have a Japanese resaurant near you? Anyplace with a sushi bar is
bound to have nori by the ream... Have a meal, tell them about your
dilemma. Most are happy to sell you some.

Or, you can order online (I don't think your live plant experience will
carry over to a dried good like nori)

http://www.sushilinks.com/

DaveZ