View Full Version : how should i kill my tiger barb
allecb
08-03-2009, 9:39 PM
hes sick and all the fish keep eating off all of his scales. hes kind of suffering i think. how should i euthanize him? i dont have any weird ingredients to "poison" him with..any other options that dont require me going to the store to do it nicely?
catch em, put em in a cup, dump the cup down 3 stories onto cement?
freeze him?
not trying to sound cruel but yeah...
Slappy*McFish
08-03-2009, 9:41 PM
Garbage disposal.
tanker
08-03-2009, 9:47 PM
Put him in cup of water and into freezer. I heard it put them to sleep.
ch-47 soldier
08-03-2009, 9:48 PM
A cup of water and ice, it will shock his system and he will die instantly
allecb
08-03-2009, 9:53 PM
wait, so i just wanna make sure the process is right.
get a cup full of water and put ice cubes in it, and then put the tiger barb in there? i dont want him to suffer so yeah...
anyone know the reason for the fish eating his scales off?
CEEEYE
08-03-2009, 9:56 PM
Turn your hot water on full blast and put him under for a sec and done deal used to do it with gold fish for a snake
allecb
08-03-2009, 9:58 PM
did some further research..gonna try the ice/water method
ok i just did it.. got a bucket, filled it with all the ice i had, and put the poor little guy in there..
almost instantly he went into shock and shook really fast..his fins were movin very slowly for prob 10 seconds after. i feel bad :/ all 8 of my barbs, 1 platy, and 1 neon are all dead now
colematthewmala
08-03-2009, 10:03 PM
take him outside and throw him as hard as you can on a hard surface. Kills them instantly.
Oscars
08-03-2009, 10:18 PM
Article found here:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums...d.php?t=148361 (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148361)
dundadundun
08-03-2009, 11:29 PM
take him outside and throw him as hard as you can on a hard surface. Kills them instantly.
i've fished with some pretty cruel people and i can say for sure that doesn't always work.
LuciferSam
08-03-2009, 11:33 PM
Clove oil
The Zigman
08-04-2009, 12:19 AM
the freezing cold water ususally works fast..
I put a cup in the freezer, like from Mc Donalds, or something filled about 1/2 full of cold water. About an hour later I take it out, it should be starting to ice over on the top.
if needed I break a hole in the ice, then drop the fish in.. usually it dies almost instantly
SubRosa
08-04-2009, 12:31 AM
Ever see the Kill Bill movies? Think about Emilio!
abovethestorm
08-07-2009, 9:19 AM
I have had to do this with a danio. What I did was just scoop them into the cup and place it in the freezer. i thought that maybe it would be a little less painful for the temp to change slowly for the fish instead of the shock all at once.
psyche
08-07-2009, 10:10 AM
If you look at the AVMA euthasia guidelines any instantaneous method is okay, freezing is not considered humane unless the fish is already under analgesia. Physically speaking slow freezing causes more suffering than rapid freezing.
jooranda
08-07-2009, 10:27 AM
clove oil worked for me :(
abovethestorm
08-07-2009, 10:49 AM
If you look at the AVMA euthasia guidelines any instantaneous method is okay, freezing is not considered humane unless the fish is already under analgesia. Physically speaking slow freezing causes more suffering than rapid freezing.
Really, I didnt know that. I thought it would have been the other way around. I will keep it in mind if I should I have to do that again.
The only thing quick and instant if you don't have clove oil available is the garbage disposal. It 'sounds' horrific but in being honest we have to admit it's instantaneous.