got me some black skirts

[CassCats]

Do you have a petsmart or such?
Usually its kept in a freezer where they'd keep frozen feeder mice too.
Or at least mine does.

 

[Essjay]

Most of the fish stores I've been to have a small freezer stuffed full of frozen food of various types. It comes in blister packs, often in a cardboard sleeve.

 

[HoldenOn]

I'll ask the petsmart. Do tetras eat plants? My duckweed population is a lot lower than when I went to sleep lol.

 

[CassCats]

Mine don't touch the plants.
Some people say some tetras will.

Perhaps theyre nabbing the duckweed out of curiosity thinking its food, if they've not seen it before and its something flat floating on top like a flake

 

[HoldenOn]

Mine don't touch the plants.
Some people say some tetras will.

Perhaps theyre nabbing the duckweed out of curiosity thinking its food, if they've not seen it before and its something flat floating on top like a flake

Could be. I also see them eating algae off the duckweed. When I feed them flakes they really go crazy, it's cool to watch.

 

[CassCats]

Could be. I also see them eating algae off the duckweed. When I feed them flakes they really go crazy, it's cool to watch.

They go into a frenzy like piranhas!

Look close once they get larger, you will see they actually have teeth

 

[HoldenOn]

They go into a frenzy like piranhas!

Look close once they get larger, you will see they actually have teeth

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It's true, they go nuts, and they try and steal my corys food lol. Those chompers! I can see them squabbling, that's normal right?

 

[AilyNC]

I saw them in shop here called Widow Tetra.

 

[CassCats]

It's true, they go nuts, and they try and steal my corys food lol. Those chompers! I can see them squabbling, that's normal right?

Yes normal.
First week or so in a new or rearranged setup they will bicker. It does settle down and they will just chill around until feed time.
But they may do mock chases here and there but usually don't result in violence.

 

[HoldenOn]

Testing after first big feed and.......

water parameters are perfect

 

[Vaalex]

So far so good. Temp. acclimated them for 40 minutes and put them in. It's so cool to watch the black skirts swim together.

I just got some black skirts too! They’re mesmerizing together!

 

[itiwhetu]

Has anyone got a 3inch black skirt. I would have thought 1.5-2.0 inches would have been about as big as they would get in your average tank

 

[Fishmanic]

I have a 3 inch black skirt tetra. It's probably 3 years old.

 

[itiwhetu]

I have a 3 inch black skirt tetra. It's probably 3 years old.

How many are in the school. they must look cool at that size

 

[CassCats]

This girl is 3 inches. She's got some tumors though, but still going strong.