Black Skirt Tetra Fish

The Black Skirt Tetraoften called the Black Tetrais a peaceful, schooling fish known for its striking black skirt along the bottom fin. These active swimmers love to feast on live daphnia, which helps keep them healthy and active. Their silver bodies and black bottom fins bring lively motion to a community aquarium.

About Black Tetras

• Keep them in groups of 6 or more for a vibrant and active atmosphere.
• Black Tetrasgrow to a maximum size of 3 inches, making them perfect for smaller aquariums.
• Black Skirt Tetra live between 3 to 5 years, but we usually sell them at around 1 year old so they can adjust easier to their new home.
• Best suited for planted aquariums due to their timid personality.

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The scientific name fortheBlackSkirt Tetrais Gymnocorymbus ternetzi.

We feed our Tetras a mix of Northfin Community, Veggie, Kelp Wafers and Bug Pro along with live baby brine. They also get an occasional treat of frozen foods such as daphnia,cyclopods and baby brine shrimp.

Our Tank Parameters

• Ph:7.2 to7.5
• Gh:8 to 16
• Kh:4 to 7
• TDS:180 to250
• Temp:70to 74

TankRecommendations

• Leaves:Indian Almond or Guava
• Wood:Mopani or Malaysian
• Cones:Alder Cones