Black skirt tetra

[Joshuakahan]

So I usually throw some Molly’s or guppies in for my acestros to eat but they had a deal on black skirts for next to nothing so I grabbed those. But unfortunately the acestros decided they weren’t food, so now I guess i have a school of black skirts lol

Black skirt tetra

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[A201]

Black skirts are very durable for a Tetra. I once kept a group of them with a mated pair of Salvini Cichlids w/ no problems.

 

[Rocksor]

Black skirts are very durable for a Tetra. I once kept a group of them with a mated pair of Salvini Cichlids w/ no problems.

Any pics? I'm betting the color contrast between the two species made for a really nice tank!

 

[A201]

I had to dig deep to find this old pic. A few of the Black Skirts can be seen in the back corner of the tank.
Wish I still had the Salvini pair.

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

So I usually throw some Molly’s or guppies in for my acestros to eat but they had a deal on black skirts for next to nothing so I grabbed those. But unfortunately the acestros decided they weren’t food, so now I guess i have a school of black skirts lol

Black skirt tetra

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Lol, those black skirts look surprisingly good with the pink tail chalceus in the first 8-9 seconds. You've actually got a biotope with those 2.

 

[tlindsey]

Black Skirt Tetra are a old time favorite very hardy and been around before most of you were born ?

 

[Joshuakahan]

Lol, those black skirts look surprisingly good with the pink tail chalceus in the first 8-9 seconds. You've actually got a biotope with those 2.

They do look kinda cool in there, I hope my fish that I intended to feed don’t change their mind about not eating them lol

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

They do look kinda cool in there, I hope my fish that I intended to feed don’t change their mind about not eating them lol

Best of luck with that! My advice would be to not let them go without food for too long and to try and wean them onto dead fish (dead livebearers or smelts) to increase the chances that they'll keep the peace with the black skirts.

If they do change their mind, my suggestion would be black neon tetras or toucan tetras. Similar black coloring, but they may be too small for the barracuda to bother chasing and eating.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Best of luck with that! My advice would be to not let them go without food for too long and to try and wean them onto dead fish (dead livebearers or smelts) to increase the chances that they'll keep the peace with the black skirts.

If they do change their mind, my suggestion would be black neon tetras or toucan tetras. Similar black coloring, but they may be too small for the barracuda to bother chasing and eating.

I’m working on getting them off of live without much luck. I’ve heard RT cudas are tough to get off live. One will occasionally take tilapia or silversides but I have to trick it and then it only eats one piece and figures it out

 

[Gunfleet]

Black skirts are great target / dither fish. I kept them with my High fin Wolf and Oscar in my 125 with no issues.