Is feeding freeze-dried Krill bad??

[Bottomfeeder]

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...?

 

[BlackShark11k]

never heard of fish dyeing from it myself...

 

[SeaweedPimp]

Could this be about the fish choking basicly on the outer shells?

 

[fobrinkle]

I have always fed it to my fish, they love it.

 

[krichardson]

never heard of fish dyeing from it myself...

Me neither,I had a datnoides that ate them almost exclusively.

 

[vanimate]

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.

 

[phillydog1958]

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.

 

[krichardson]

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.

Wow,sorry to hear you lost a fish in such a horrible way....and that it had to be a Pulcher.

 

[Bderick67]

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.

 

[hmoobvwj]

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.