Black skirt tetra also known as Black widow tetra is an amazing freshwater fish to keep, these fish are hardy and a good option for anyone who is new to fish keeping hobby. Below information will help in understanding Black widow tetra fish behavior and requirements if kept in an aquarium.
Black skirt tetra is native to South American Paraguay river basin in Paraguay, North Eastern parts of Argentina,Bolivia and Brazil. Natural habitat for black widow tetra is small streams, creeks usually with overhanging vegetation. In the hobby Black skirt tetra are known with other names as well which includes black widow tetra, high fin black tetra, blackamoor etc. They come in a lot of variants like golden or white skirt tetra, long finned or high finned black skirt tetra, they are also sold with artificial coloring under different names.
Scientific name of Black skirt tetra is Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, in their natural habitat these omnivorous fish spend lot of time towards the surface area, they feed on insects small crustaceans etc. Black skirt tetra can reach a size of 3 inches, however the biggest I have seen in an aquarium was 2.5 inches, with good care they can live past 5 years.
Male black skirt tetra have bigger dorsal and cloacal fins, where as female black skirt tetra are more plump with shorter fins.
Black skirt tetra tank set up guide -
Tank size should be 20 gallon or larger.
Water movement should be low to medium
Live plants with dark substrate are preferred, I used white river sand for this tank set up because the tank was already an established tank and I did not want to cycle the tank again.
Lighting in aquarium should be dim, hence make sure thee plants selected for black skirt tetra tank should be plants which do well in low light condition. I used Anubias and Java moss, other low light plants which are easy to care would be Java fern, Vallisneria, Sagittaria etc.
Driftwood would be an added advantage in a black skirt tetra tank, tannin's from the driftwood reduces pH and tea color of water makes it perfect water condition for this fish.
I used white sand in the tank, however dark sand would be ideal in black short tetra sand.
Tank decoration -
Allow lot of free swimming area between middle and surface area, tall plants would look great in their tanks as they would swim around them, you would see black widow tetras swimming in middle an surface area all day, in my tank I see them grouping together and resting under the driftwood once lights are off.
Water parameters for Black skirt tetra -
pH range -They are hardy fish withstanding pH range between 6 to 8, however stable pH 7 is ideal for them
Temperature range -70-80°F (21-26°C)
Water hardness - Soft to moderately hard (less than 120 ppm)
Food for black skirt tetra -
These are omnivorous, they should be fed mixed diet like Pellets ,Flakes, Spirulina, Freeze dried worms, Live food like blood worms, daphnia, mosquito larvae, micro worms etc. They enjoy live food and their feeding behavior resembles Piranhas. I enjoy watching black skirt tetra feed, they are super fast swimmers and quick to get the food.
Tanks mates - I would call black skirt tetras as mildly semi-aggressive, as they do attack smaller fish and nip on fins of any fish which are long like Betta fish or any fish which is slow swimmer and cannot defend themselves. I have kept them, Australian rainbow fish, tiger barbs, rosy barbs, adult angel fish, Garra rufa fish, Pleco, baby Chinese algae eater etc without any trouble.
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