No one in my house likes krill

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Many people on this site say that they feed krill regularly to their fish, but mine don't like it. I have tried freeze dried, frozen cubes, and frozen whole, and none of the fish in my signature like it. Some of them nibble on it, but then they just spit it out.

I don't get it:(
 
Theyll eat it eventually. Take it to the next level. Starve them, and theyll eat whatever hits the surface.
 
My 21" silver aro will only eat the Terta brand, luckly my cichlids SA/CA cichlids will eat most anything thrown into the tank, maybe they're starved.
 
That's really weird. All of my bichirs, my cichlids and my loaches eat krill as a staple.
 
Yeah, I guess it is wierd that they won't eat it, considering they are loaches, cichlids, and bichirs.

I also just got some NLS Large Fish formula in the mail two days ago, and they did not touch that either. Luckily, my Goldsaum in the 55 will eat it.

It's not like they won't eat at all. When I feed them certain pellets, they go nuts.
 
Same problem here, I got a TON of krill for free..
Nothing will eat it
Arrowana, Nope
Hujeta, Nope
Red tail Baracuda, Nope
Upside Down Catfish, Nope
Bala Sharks, Nope
Brown Ghost Knife, Nope
And various other catfish refuse,

Only my walking catfish would even touch it, and it went for all other food first!
 
RyanR;1161845; said:
Same problem here, I got a TON of krill for free..
Nothing will eat it
Arrowana, Nope
Hujeta, Nope
Red tail Baracuda, Nope
Upside Down Catfish, Nope
Bala Sharks, Nope
Brown Ghost Knife, Nope
And various other catfish refuse,

Only my walking catfish would even touch it, and it went for all other food first!

All of those fish should readily accept krill eventually, keep offering it.
 
RyanR;1161845; said:
Same problem here, I got a TON of krill for free..
Nothing will eat it
Arrowana, Nope
Hujeta, Nope
Red tail Baracuda, Nope
Upside Down Catfish, Nope
Bala Sharks, Nope
Brown Ghost Knife, Nope
And various other catfish refuse,

Only my walking catfish would even touch it, and it went for all other food first!

You sure it's fresh? I remember that you got it from a LFS when their freezer went bust
 
Angler that's kinda weird with the fish listed in your sig. I have a few of the same and I could lose a finger putting the krill in there.
 
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