Phanton Tetras

[tom_os]

does anyone have these fish, if so what do you feed them because the dont really seem to eat my tetramin flake food?

can anyone help, thanks

 

[jackson 10]

helo mate i have 4 of these and they feed fine on flake food for me but try some catfish peelts and bloodworm mate that should do the trick ...

 

[minxfishy]

I have 3, they happily take tetra flakes, nutrafin flakes, bloodworms, brine shrimp.

Are they new to the tank? If so, dont worry too much, once they settle in they will eat.

 

[tom_os]

ok thanks guys, yeah about 4 days old to my tank

 

[Truck]

@tom os

slightly off topic , but isnt this the tank your still cycling

 

[tom_os]

nah it has eventually finished so im slowly stocking it now

 

[Truck]

oh good

 

[foley69]

just keep adding little bits and eventually they will realise this is food also try a small amounbt of bloodworm they love that my gran has 4 and when i set her tank up they were added and they were a bit funny when eating but after a week or so they calmed and now eat like pigs just keep trying they will get used to it

 

[tom_os]

ok thanks.

also one of the tetras a a small chunk missing from his top fin, all i have my my tank are albino corys and danios, is this going to be the danios? this is the first case i have seen of it and the others are fine.

also how do you sex them because i have one with an orange bottom fin and i have heard this is a female. is this true

thanks

 

[minxfishy]

Could have been the danios, more likely another of the phantoms though. Cant help you to sex them sorry, I have two with red bottoms on their fins and one without, no idea which is which though

 

[tom_os]

ok thanks

anyone else?

 

[jackson 10]

ok thanks

anyone else?

yes mate the phatoms with the red fins are female and the phatoms with all black fins are male

 

[carney]

are the black phantoms peaceful?
i always though they are best in groups of 5?

 

[minxfishy]

ok thanks

anyone else?

yes mate the phatoms with the red fins are female and the phatoms with all black fins are male

Oh great, thanks for that Now I know what mine are.

are the black phantoms peaceful?
i always though they are best in groups of 5?

Mine are very peaceful, no problems with my platies, neons, gourami & rasboras.

 

[rdd1952]

I started my 75 gallon almost 4 years ago with 12 of them. I only have 2 left now. They eat any foods I put in from flakes to froxen foods such as daphnia, bloodworms and brine shrimp. They are a very peaceful fish and there is a good color difference between male and female so they are very easy to sex.