Should i euthanize my fish? How?

palmbreeze

palmbreeze

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My yellow tailed violet cichlid (accei) is dying. I'm not sure why, I've had her for a few years now. I don't know what to do. Should I euthanize her? Is this humane? I don't want to hurt her or cause her more pain. If I should euthanize her, how should I go about it?

Thanks
 
Just had to euthanize one of my balas after 3 days of fighting death. Most will say that the most humane way is the "Bowl-in-the-freezer". As the water temp drops it supposedly puts the fish to sleep before they die.

The other of course is the "rock-on-the-head" which is usually recommended for larger fish. It is quick, but to me having the fish struggle for breath before dying is kind of harsh.
 
its sad, i had to kill a cae cause it was so **** mean . it killed my otto, nobody woulds take it so that SOB was toast
 
Bowl-in-a-freezer. Pain reception is almost always associated with a cerebral cortex. Fish don't have this. Lowering the temperature simply causes the fish to shut down functions as necessary to continue until they can no longer.

I've had to do this a couple times when culling large guppy broods when some were born with congenital defects. My observation had been that these fish were short-lived, and in the event that it was a genetic problem, I didn't want it to pass along and have an entire brood with the same problem.

v/r, N-A
 
jec0995 said:
That sounds really mature.
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lol no i ment nobody would take the fish . and it was really agressive almost all fish in the tank had scars or wounds . so reguardless of your oppinions on my maturity. it was him or the rest of the tank at his hands. he came with a tank i adopted from a irresponsable owner. i didnt stock the tank but im trying to deal with the contents of it best i can. so let your snide and or hatefull comments fly i can handle it cause im comfortable with what i had to do.
 
I've euthanized my fish by dropping them in ice water. The sudden temperature change will quickly kill the fish without causing them too much pain. If you've ever seen a fish die in clove oil, you will consider the ice water method more humane.
 
I've euthanized my fish by dropping them in ice water. The sudden temperature change will quickly kill the fish without causing them too much pain. If you've ever seen a fish die in clove oil, you will consider the ice water method more humane.
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Given that clove oil is an anesthetic that can be used to put your fish to sleep for surgery or treatment, I do not see how one could view it as a painful death. My guess would be that either:

The clove oil was mixed with vodka which is both unnecessary and will cause pain. too many people are just too lazy to mix the clove oil so they cut it with Vodka.

The clove oil was not mixed and therfore did not do what it needed to properly I have heard from more than one person who did not mix the clove oil before adding the fish. The fish either gets coated in thick oil which would cause discomfort, or they die very slwoly if at all.

There was some other cause for the fish to be uncomfotable. Since properly mixed rewasonable doses of clove oil work very well, there may have been something else in the water to cause the discomfort. Either way it wasn't the clove oil.


Shocking a fish to death with ice water would not be my idea of humane, but gently putting them to sleep with clove oil seems like a good method.

Either way simply reading the article I linked will give some good insight as well as common debates to most methods reccomended.
dave
 
About clove oil- Is it the oil that kills the fish or the cloves? Can't you just drop a whole clove in the water instead?
 
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