[Smeagol]

I used to feed frozen brine shrimp to my tiger barbs and the barbs would swallow the shrimp whole. But the tetras I have now are really small and I can't imagine them being able to gulp down those shrimp. Even the OmegaOne freeze-dried bloodworms I have look too big for these guys. So far I've just been feeding them flakes, which I crush up nice and small. How can I get some variety into their diet?

 

[Betta132]

Simple. Tiny food.
I kid.
Try Cyclop-Eeze, even some fry can manage those and just about everything small likes to eat 'em.

 

[lauraleellbp]

Frozen daphnia are a great option too

 

[garfieldnfish]

Grindal worms, golden pearls, micro pellets, crushed tetra min tablets. I put all of my fish food for my plecos and other larger fish in a measuring cup so I have a variety of food without having to carry 10+ containers from tank to tank. This makes feeding much easier but there is always a lot of tiny particles from the tablets and pellets that collects at the bottom. This stuff is perfect for small fish and even fry.

 

[naich]

anything really if crushed fine enough. I crush my small sized sinking NLS pellets up in my fingers and it sometimes creates a "dust cloud" when it hits the water, but 90% of the time its just slightly smaller pellets.

 

[CAPSLOK]

Frozen daphnia are a great option too

+1 to this

 

[DaveP1982]

My tetras love live grindal worms they are really easy to culture too - if you live in the uk i can send you some to get you started if you want

 

[Oceangirl]

I feed Decapped Brine shrimp eggs and Crushed Tetra granules. They LOVE the granules and makes their reds pop.

 

[TekWarren]

micro worms

 

[Grah the great]

Decapsulated brine shrimp would work.

 

[DaveP1982]

You could also chop up frozen bloodworm or tubifex nice and small. I always do this since losing some apistos to bloat after gorging on whole blood worms. Oh and my tetras also love boiled peas - just boil them for a minute then squeeze the pea out of the shell and mush it up - feed slowly and try and keep check on any that falls to the sand so you can clear it up. My glowlights really shine they love the NLS Cichlid pellets I feed my apistos with they will try and eat a whole pellet so I started crushing them up for them and the difference in their colour is astounding.

 

[roadmaster]

Just buy several types of flake food and mix it all together and put in tupperware container.