i killed my fish

[shadrac]

last night when i went to go feed my fish i noticed my bala shark looked funny his mouth was potruding and upon futher inspection i saw a jumbo chunk of gravel stuck up in his mouth. i was like holly crap wtf. he was trying so hard to spit it out and he couldnt eat anything (he tried he tried alot) and so i tryed taking matters into my own hands i netted him in the biggest net i had i kept him in the water at the top of the tank and i gently held him and was trying to get the chunk of gravel out with a tiny pair of twezzers but it was of no use and he was doing worse and worse so i had to send him the way of old yeller.
normally with alot of my fish this wouldnt have been so sad but i bought him for like 3 bucks when he was barely two inches and he was over four.

 

[VTwinFanatic]

Sorry to hear about your fish

 

[Blinky]

Euthanizing a favourite fish can be really hard, I'm so sorry you lost him. I believe you made a good decision though, preventing him from suffering.

 

[Holly9937]

Sorry to hear that :sad: !! But now I'm paranoid!! My balas are as big of scavengers as my corys and I see them kind of suck up a bit of gravel and move it around while they're searching for food all the time... Do you think thats what happened?

 

[Rosemary]

I'm sorry for your loss. You did the best you could.

 

[SCU33ZE]

its not good to euthanize a fish by throwing it in the toilet,,imagine,,hes still alive and u put him on the bowl with chlorinated water...naah
ive rarely had to eauthanize a fish but when the time comes i take it out and wrap it in a paper towel and put him in the freezer,,then the next day it goes down the ole mighty toilet,,they will suffer much less

sorry about your loss...

 

[Oddball~]

If you flush the toilet, assuming you are connected to a sewer system, the fish go into the sewer and float however many miles until they reach Senor Grinder.

 

[shadrac]

its not good to euthanize a fish by throwing it in the toilet,,imagine,,hes still alive and u put him on the bowl with chlorinated water...naah
ive rarely had to eauthanize a fish but when the time comes i take it out and wrap it in a paper towel and put him in the freezer,,then the next day it goes down the ole mighty toilet,,they will suffer much less

sorry about your loss...

befor i flushed him i put him in a cup with baking soda he went quick. (freezing would be horrible i mite as well have left him in the tank to strarve to death. and if the freezer is such a good method then it would of only take a few min. at the most not over night)

 

[Oddball~]

Fish actually don't "feel" pain in the sense we do. You might think they are, but it's a simple instinctive reaction, as someone has posted on here before.