Care library / Food

Micro pellets & granules

Dry foods

Micro pellets & granules

For: Tetras, rasboras, small fish

How to feed: Slow-sinking; less waste than flakes.

Examples you may see in shops: Hikari Micro Pellets, Fluval Bug Bites, New Life Spectrum. Not endorsements.

Who eats it

126 species

Neon tetraParacheirodon innesi

Easy2.5 cm21–25 °C

Cardinal tetraParacheirodon axelrodi

Moderate3 cm23–29 °C

Black neon tetraHyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi

Easy3.2 cm20–28 °C

Black skirt tetraGymnocorymbus ternetzi

Easy7.5 cm20–26 °C

Serpae tetraMegalamphodus eques

Easy4 cm22–27 °C

X-ray tetraPristella maxillaris

Easy4.5 cm24–28 °C

Lemon tetraHyphessobrycon pulchripinnis

Easy3.8 cm22–28 °C

Glowlight tetraHemigrammus erythrozonus

Easy4 cm24–28 °C

Rummy-nose tetraPetitella rhodostoma

Moderate5 cm24–27 °C

Ember tetraHyphessobrycon amandae

Easy2 cm24–28 °C

Bloodfin tetraAphyocharax anisitsi

Easy5.5 cm18–28 °C

Emperor tetraNematobrycon palmeri

Easy4.2 cm23–27 °C

Penguin tetraThayeria boehlkei

Easy6 cm22–28 °C

Head and tail light tetraHolopristis ocellifera

Easy4.5 cm24–28 °C

Bleeding heart tetraMegalamphodus erythrostigma

Moderate6.1 cm22–28 °C

Tiger barbPuntigrus tetrazona

Easy7 cm20–26 °C

Cherry barbRohanella titteya

Easy5 cm23–27 °C

Odessa barbPethia padamya

Easy4.6 cm16–25 °C

Gold barbBarbodes semifasciolatus

Easy7 cm18–24 °C

Black ruby barbPethia nigrofasciata

Easy6 cm20–27 °C

Zebra danioDanio rerio

Easy5 cm18–25 °C

Celestial pearl danioDanio margaritatus

Moderate2.1 cm20–25 °C

Harlequin rasboraTrigonostigma heteromorpha

Easy4.5 cm22–27 °C

Lambchop rasboraTrigonostigma espei

Easy3 cm23–28 °C

Chili rasboraBoraras brigittae

Moderate2 cm24–28 °C

White cloud mountain minnowTanichthys albonubes

Easy4 cm14–22 °C

GuppyPoecilia reticulata

Easy6 cm22–28 °C

Endler's livebearerPoecilia wingei

Easy2 cm24–28 °C

PlatyXiphophorus maculatus

Easy6 cm20–26 °C

Variatus platyXiphophorus variatus

Easy7 cm20–26 °C

Honey gouramiTrichogaster chuna

Easy5.5 cm22–27 °C

Sparkling gouramiTrichopsis pumila

Easy4 cm24–28 °C

Pygmy corydorasGastrodermus pygmaeus

Moderate2.5 cm22–26 °C

Dwarf neon rainbowfishMelanotaenia praecox

Easy6 cm24–28 °C

Threadfin rainbowfishIriatherina werneri

Moderate4 cm24–29 °C

MedakaOryzias latipes

Easy4 cm16–22 °C

Marbled hatchetfishCarnegiella strigata

Easy3.5 cm24–28 °C

PencilfishNannostomus beckfordi

Moderate6.5 cm21–27 °C

Yellow dwarf cichlidApistogramma borellii

Easy6.5 cm20–26 °C

Three-striped dwarf cichlidApistogramma trifasciata

Moderate5.5 cm20–25 °C

Hongslo's dwarf cichlidApistogramma hongsloi

Hard6 cm24–28 °C

Banded dwarf cichlidApistogramma bitaeniata

Moderate7.5 cm24–28 °C

Panda dwarf cichlidApistogramma nijsseni

Hard3.9 cm24–28 °C

Viejita dwarf cichlidApistogramma viejita

Moderate23–28 °C

Panduro dwarf cichlidApistogramma panduro

Moderate7 cm24–28 °C

Diplotaenia dwarf cichlidApistogramma diplotaenia

Moderate3 cm24–28 °C

Juruá dwarf cichlidApistogramma juruensis

Moderate2.4 cm24–28 °C

Pucallpa dwarf cichlidApistogrammoides pucallpaensis

Moderate4 cm22–27 °C

Checkerboard cichlidDicrossus filamentosus

Hard3.8 cm27–30 °C

Golden dwarf cichlidNannacara anomala

Easy7.6 cm22–26 °C

Sunset dwarf cichlidTaeniacara candidi

Hard5 cm27–30 °C

Green neon tetraParacheirodon simulans

Moderate2.5 cm24–27 °C

Buenos Aires tetraPsalidodon anisitsi

Easy13.2 cm18–28 °C

Diamond tetraMakunaima pittieri

Easy6 cm24–28 °C

Black phantom tetraMegalamphodus megalopterus

Easy3.6 cm20–28 °C

Red phantom tetraMegalamphodus sweglesi

Easy3.5 cm22–27 °C

Ornate tetraMegalamphodus bentosi

Moderate4.5 cm23–28 °C

Flame tetraHyphessobrycon flammeus

Moderate2.6 cm20–26 °C

Silvertip tetraHasemania nana

Easy5 cm23–28 °C

Colombian tetraHyphessobrycon columbianus

Easy6.5 cm22–27 °C

And 66 more in the encyclopedia.