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Well my Fancy Guppie isn't swimming straight. She like floats on her side and goes to the top but still eats and stuff. What should I do? should I flush her?

 

[nico]

Hello Hello

Personally if i have a sick or damaged fish that i know wont live for much longer i place it in a glass, tub or anything that can hold water and the fish and put it in the freezer, i have never flushed a fish i think it is uncalled for and cruel, i find freezing them a much better way of putting them"Down"than other methods ive heard of i.e cutting, flushing and bashing.

Cheers
Nick

 

[English Lion]

If she's still eating OK and not being picked on, then I'd leave her alone. She may recover, or may not, but if you put her down she'll definately not.

 

[jacblades]

euthanasia flushing is cruel.

 

[fishypoo2]

euthanasia flushing is cruel.

I second that.

Where is euthanasia on the poll?

 

[RobUK]

I startd a thread aon this subject a while as I had a mojor disaster in my tank

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30211&highlight=moral

Might be worth a read, Outcome was i did euthanize some of my fish, but not by flushing them, thats just cruel.
PM me if you want to know what I did, it takes commitment but is over in about 2secs so the fish dont suffer at all

 

[bennubird]

fishpoo2

I read the piece on clove oil and vodka. That's interesting. I note that the fish goes to sleep, but at that dosage is it permenant?

 

[fishypoo2]

Dunno.

I usually stick them into a container in the freezer. Supposedly, as the cold slows down thier metabolism, they don't feel a thing until they go.

 

[aquariumfishguy]

Flushing is only cruel if the fish is still alive. Granted, this fish IS still alive so I wouldn’t flush it, but I see newbs being looked down upon by aquarists all the time because they “flush” a fish. If the fish is dead, it’s dead. Some of us do not carry emotional links to our fish, so therefore to flush him/her doesn’t affect us.

So when a small fish of mine dies, you bet I flush him/her. If it’s a larger fish that typically lives longer, I will bury the fish on my property. But if the fish is alive, I use the freezer method. You’ll get people try to preach to you wherever you go about how to “properly” euthanize a fish but do what you feel is best. Know, however, that flushing a live fish is not considered humane.

 

[Captain Hook]

I personally leave fish when I see them acting like this. I let nature take its course so if they recover great, if not that's fine.