Fairwell discus :( good riddance CAE

For as much as everyone (including myself) gets angry about people who don't do their homework I really can't blame the people who don't. You should be able to walk into a pet store without any knowledge of fish and walk out more educated and with the right fish for your tank/equipment. I find it hard to convict someone whos only fault was believeing what the "experts" told them. We all laugh at the thought that a lfs employee would be an expert but if you didn't know better it would sure be an easy assumption to make.

Anyways I wish you luck on relocation however it is probably futile. Those are garbage fish in my opinion. So I will share with you my prefered method of euthinasia for smallish fish. In my opinion everyone should know how to humanely kill a fish. I've had to kill dozens due to diesease or torment by other fish or the like (I work at a fish store).

First take a paper towel and soak it in tank water. Next net the fish into the towel and wrap it around the fish. Now it gets gross. From here there are two ways to go, 1: place the towel and fish on a hard surface and with a large headed hammer strike the fish in the head with enough force to smash it completely. 2: with a pair of SHARP scissors snip off the head att the gills.

While both of these are gross to those preforming them they are the most painless method of death I have found. the purpose of the paper towel is that the fish can still breath for the short period of time it take to kill them but also so that you can see through the towel to make your blow or cut at the right spot. Also the towel (if wrapped well) will stop the flesh from spraying.

Sorry if this grossed anyone out. I hate doing it myself but I challenge anyone to find a more painless method of euthinasia

ryan
 
how about putting thme in cold water til lthey go to sleep and then freezing them.

that would work wouldnt it?:confused:
 
Originally posted by silentskream
how about putting thme in cold water til lthey go to sleep and then freezing them.

that would work wouldnt it?:confused:
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I have heard of this method more often than most. Is it humane? I don't know. I'm just glad I haven't had to do either!
 
this site shows the pros and cons of many options of euthanasia. euthanasia
if you decapitate a fish-you have to look to make sure you cut in the right place. i tried to do this to a betta one time. i turned my head and cut down quickly. i didnt cut the head completely off-the betta was wriggling around on the counter and i had broken the blade off the knife. he suffered while i fooled around trying to find another knife. i cried so hard:sad
 
Kudos, Ryan for bring up a subject too many of us like to ignore. I had to euthanise a biggish fantail goldfish last week. I checked multiple web site and the methods you mention seem to be the preferred.

:emb: I chickened out and froze the poor guy. He was pretty far gone with swim bladder disease and couldn't really swim at all. That allowed me to put him in a very shallow pan of water (I hope it was fast and painless).

For very small fish (neons, etc.) a bowl of super cold water (ice cubes and water mixed until the water is really at freezing point but liquid) is very fast. The fish dies as soon as it hits the water.
 
The reason I've never used the freezing method is this: One time at work our water heater broke without me knowing it, so I filled a half empty tank (full of fish) with cold water. Before the tank was 3/4 full every single one of the fish was having violent convulsions. I managed to regulate the temperature quickly with water from other tanks and i only lost one pictus cat. but I will never forget seeing those fish in that much pain.

ryan
 
The website above says pretty much the same thing...A lady put some bettas outside in the cold when the temperature was below freezing, to see what would happen, since obviously you can't watch a fish in a freezer. She reported that the fish were violently thrashing about and what not. I think if you're going to go with the freezing method, plunging fish into very cold water is the way to go, since they'll go into shock. The manual way (decapitation, hitting the head, etc.) is probably the most efficient and fastest way. The freezer is just a classic example of "out of sight, out of mind," in my opinion...
 
Originally posted by jacblades
this site shows the pros and cons of many options of euthanasia. euthanasia
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After checking out the site, I vote for the anesthectic overdose. The clove oil and vodka sounds the best because I might need the vodka.

We all need to know about this but it is a morbid subject. :(
 
Feeder might be possible

Its not legal to sell turtles in petshops where I live. You can have them, but the stores don't sell them. At least, that is what I have been told by some of the stores I have asked at. But there is a girl at school that keeps and breeds snakes. Maybe she will want them.

For feeding fish to snakes or other animals besides fish. Is there something I should do to prepare them so that they are safe? I have heard that feeding aquarium fish to animals can be bad because of the chemicals used in aquarium water. I don't want to hurt her breeding snakes. She wouldn't appreciate that. So how to I make sure the fish are safe to be eaten before I hand them over?

As for giving them back to the store I got them from, I will call again, but they are a chain petstore, which I actually don't buy from anymore, and the chains around here don't take fish back, or fish bred in peoples homes, they all go to brokers for their fish.
 
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