What to feed juvenile green neon tetras?

[DaPrawf]

I added 9 green neon tetras to my 29 gallon tank. They're about 1/2 to 2/3 inch. I tried them on NF community pellets (0.5 mm) and H Fancy Guppy. (Is it okay to mention brand names?) They kind of mouthed the guppy feed and spat it out. They showed no interest in the community pellets. Are these foods too big? Or is there a brand/type they would prefer?  I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.

Parameters: Ammonia: 0 / 0Nitrite: 0 / Nitrate 10 PPM / pH 7.4

[Pepere]

I have been feeding mine crushed extreme Krill flakes, freeze dried Daphnia, hatched Baby Brine Shrimp, and freeze dried blood worms.  I try to mix it up to give them variety.
 

They came from online store 3 weeks ago.  They arrived pretty small.

[lefty o]

try crushing up the hikari fancy guppy in your fingers. it will easily turn to powder. they should be able to handle eating that.

[nabokovfan87]

On 8/12/2022 at 3:49 PM, DaPrawf said:

Are these foods too big?

If you can, take a video of them trying to eat.  Some people use a pepper grinder for fish good to get it fine enough.  You can also try repashy powder, just the powder itself.

[_Eric_]

I had some similar sized kubotai rasboras I got a month or two ago and had similar issues with my nano pellets.  I got them to eat flake I ground up between my fingers (Xtreme was hard to get small enough but some Bug Bites color flakes worked great) as well as some Hikari First Bites.   I got some co-op fry food in a bottle which they liked as well but the other options should be available at an LFS near you.