Is feeding freeze-dried Krill bad??

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I've heard a few stories of people killing their fish by feeding freeze dried krill. My old Bichir loved this stuff, and I regularly feed my Mosquitofish and Rainbows the krill crushed up, but I stopped when I heard that some fish die from it... which fish can eat it and which can't...?
 
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I have always fed it to my fish, they love it.
 
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never heard of fish dyeing from it myself...
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Me neither,I had a datnoides that ate them almost exclusively.
 
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I've had one of my widebar dats take in a piece and within seconds blood was coming out of his mouth and choked and died. Some of the pieces are are extremely sharp and ridgid. I no longer use it, though I've used it for years and years before that incident.
 
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krill do have a sort of tough exterior shell, but i have always fed it to my fish. they love it and i have not heard of any fish dying from eating freeze dried krill. i would even go to the extent of stating that a little bit of roughage is good for the digestive system. it creates a sense of satiety.
 
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I've had one of my widebar dats take in a piece and within seconds blood was coming out of his mouth and choked and died. Some of the pieces are are extremely sharp and ridgid. I no longer use it, though I've used it for years and years before that incident.
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Wow,sorry to hear you lost a fish in such a horrible way....and that it had to be a Pulcher.
 
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It has been said to cause protruding anus in arowana. The key is variety, don't feed just the FDkrill. Also it can have sharp tails so need to watch for that.
 
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Any fish can die and choke on any type of food IMO. But in the past I have had little silver arowanas roughly around 3"-5" choked and die from krill even after I soaked them. I never fed krill to my fish ever since...I still have the krill but I don't really touch them.
 
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