Jen777 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 What do you guys find is the food your ember tetras like best? And has anybody figured out an optimal mix of dry foods to put in a community tank autofeeder together (rainbowfish, tetras, cories, snails)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 They will eat anything. They have very tiny mouths so event some of the "nano" foods were too small for them and I have to grind them down a bit with my fingers or put them in a pepper grinder. In the past I have fed Tetra Tropical Color granules, Big Bites, Extreme Krill, Extreme nano pellets, freeze dried brine shrimp and when my bottles get down to a 1/4 or so I just combo them in one container and put them in the freezer. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/20/2021 at 6:58 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: They will eat anything. They have very tiny mouths so event some of the "nano" foods were too small for them and I have to grind them down a bit with my fingers or put them in a pepper grinder. In the past I have fed Tetra Tropical Color granules, Big Bites, Extreme Krill, Extreme nano pellets, freeze dried brine shrimp and when my bottles get down to a 1/4 or so I just combo them in one container and put them in the freezer. agree. just about any flake food that is decent quality works well for them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen777 Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Mine seem to be doing ok—not starving—but I only see them go after the occasional tiny crushed piece of vibra bites. They don’t go after the crushed up flakes at the top at all and obviously can’t eat the larger pellets the rainbowfish eat… I am looking for something I can mix together with the rainbowfish pellets in the auto feeder that will come out somewhat proportionately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Have you tried micopellets or bug bite pellets? Mine eat those, but they still have to be crushed a bit smaller. They don't seem to eat off the bottom from what I've seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 @Maggieive never had a fish that wouldn’t take the Extreme Krill Flake. You could definitely break up the vibra bites with a mortar and pestle and get the vibra bites the size you want it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I don't have embers, but my chilis seem to act the same as described above. They will eat off the surface at top, or grab anything slowly sinking to the bottom. They won't touch anything on bottom. I use the Co-op easy fry and grind down flake foods as well as bug bites. They'll eat bbs and newborn daphina but leave the larger ones alone. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonBFree Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Any food quality fish food flakes. I hatch out baby brine shrimp and feed that once a week. They love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 i forgot, i too have some younger tiny ember tetra's, and they love fluval bug bites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaitieG Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Mine love the Xtreme Krill Flakes and Spirulina Flakes. I tend to alternate feeding those two foods as my staples, and everyone is happy with it from angelfish to corys to my betta to the embers. Even the shrimp will grab flakes and carry them off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSR Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I have a small 7 gallon cube tank with 6 ember tetras, i only feed them the Aquarium Co-op Easy Fry Food they love it, also if you are able to hatch brine shrimp thats a favorite as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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