Food and Feeding
The black tetra is an omnivore and will eat nearly anything it can fit into its mouth, but care must be taken to ensure that all members of the school receive adequate food. If the food is too large, the tetra will lose interest and leave it to sink and decay, so the size of the food particles must be appropriate. It is best to keep a school of 6 black tetras in a medium tank. The Black Tetra will benefit from the occasional feeding with live foods like daphnia and mosquito larvae, and from frozen foods like blood worms.
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