Puffer Pantry Care Guide

Feeding, Storage, and Aquarium Benefits

What Is Chlorella Microalgae?

Chlorella is a single‑cell green freshwater microalgae used in aquariums as a live food, water conditioner, and microfauna booster. It’s nutrient‑dense, easy to use, and ideal for feeding Daphnia, scuds, copepods, shrimp, snails, and other freshwater organisms.

Aquarists use Chlorella for:

• feeding Daphnia cultures
• feeding scuds (Gammarus)
• supporting copepods and microfauna
• enriching live foods before feeding fish
• improving water quality in nano tanks
• boosting biofilm for shrimp and snail

How to Use Chlorella in Freshwater Aquariums

Chlorella is one of the most widely used microalgae for freshwater systems. It provides nutrition, supports microfauna, and helps stabilize small tanks.

Best Uses in Freshwater

• Feeding Daphnia
• Feeding scuds
• Feeding copepods
• Feeding shrimp and snails