What's the most humane way to euthanize a fish?
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RiverOtter
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I have had to put down FW fish from time to time and clove oil in a bowl of tank water is the best way to go.
Sisterlimonpot
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call the neighborhood kids around and stick a firecracker in it's mouth, tell the kids to stay in school... then light it......
screwsloose
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the clove oil method is easy and affective. place the fish in a container of salt water big enough to submerge him and then add clove oil at about a cap every 3-4 minutes. it works fast and when you see him slow his breathing or lay down then he is alseep. you can add any pure grain alcohol at that time to finish him off quickly and harmlessly.
i have also heard of people using alkaseltzer in the cup. it is supposed to be very quick .just make sure to keep the bubbling end away from the gills. im not sure if it scares them or burns the gills form the off gassing, but i have read they stress alittle using this method
i have also heard of people using alkaseltzer in the cup. it is supposed to be very quick .just make sure to keep the bubbling end away from the gills. im not sure if it scares them or burns the gills form the off gassing, but i have read they stress alittle using this method
kaptken
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A Pelican!
It's beak can hold more than it's Belly can!
They used to get all the small, deep water reef fish i would catch off California. The reef fish get the bends and a bloated swim bladder when you reel em up fast from 200-300 feet deep cold water reefs. You cant keep the under sized ones. so you let them go. but the fish can't swim down with an inflated, decompressed swim bladder and bulging eyes, so they float like a cork. the pelicans patiently float just off the stern of your boat and scoop up all the floaters. And squawk: THANK YOU!!
a sollution was to have a large needle handy on a dowel, and stick the fish bladder to deflate it. still ,im not sure they survived the bends. they rarely leave the bottom.
One gulp and they are gone.
the way nature intended.
Just another link in the food chain.
It's Beak can hold more than it's Belly Can.
A Pelican.
It's beak can hold more than it's Belly can!
They used to get all the small, deep water reef fish i would catch off California. The reef fish get the bends and a bloated swim bladder when you reel em up fast from 200-300 feet deep cold water reefs. You cant keep the under sized ones. so you let them go. but the fish can't swim down with an inflated, decompressed swim bladder and bulging eyes, so they float like a cork. the pelicans patiently float just off the stern of your boat and scoop up all the floaters. And squawk: THANK YOU!!
a sollution was to have a large needle handy on a dowel, and stick the fish bladder to deflate it. still ,im not sure they survived the bends. they rarely leave the bottom.
One gulp and they are gone.
the way nature intended.
Just another link in the food chain.
It's Beak can hold more than it's Belly Can.
A Pelican.
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scaryperson27
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I would bury it under a rainbow and hopefully a beautiful tree made of gold would grow of it's remains.
C'mon really guys. I didn't read past the first page but, the LFS doesn't want a cheap lumpy fish that is half digested by parasites. Hit it with a hammer and be done with it.
C'mon really guys. I didn't read past the first page but, the LFS doesn't want a cheap lumpy fish that is half digested by parasites. Hit it with a hammer and be done with it.
Jova
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I like the "feeding it to an anemone or other fish" idea... It's the natural way of things. Why waste it? Fish eat other fish, that's how it goes. So I'd make use of it to give nutrition to your healthy fish, rather than sticking it in your freezer or flushing it down your toilet or doing some ridiculous thing with it in your woodshop. Just my 2 cents.
scaryperson27
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mince it up. it's now fish food.
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