humane ways to kill sick fish

[Tropjunky]

O.K freezing ur fish is not humane who ever said this shoud be shot. he\she caused fishes worldwide to suffer the.

the best ways do do it is either.
1) go to ur vet or LFS and get some fish anastetic something like koi kalm(in the UK) and follow the instructons

2) get some pure clove oil and a i liter container with a lid on it and fill it with water put about 20-30+ drops of clove oil in and shake it till it goes clowdy and put ur fish in a container of water and put some of this solution in it the fish should get sluggish and go to sleep and sink (or float) now this is when u put the fish in the neat solution u mixed up. this method is the clove oil method. it's cheap and painless i had to use it once. if u wanna make sure it doesn't wake up after us berried it get a knife and chop its head off (just before the spine starts) u won't hurt it as its asleep.

If there are othe methods of killing ur fish painlessly i'd like to hear it.

 

[Cheese Specialist]

There's a pinned topic in the beginners' section. I suggest you look there.

 

[drobbins27]

I believe theres a pinned topic around that is about this....I think the proper name is Euthanasia.

 

[Corp000085]

O.K freezing ur fish is not humane who ever said this shoud be shot.

That's an ironic statement... Like pro life advocates who snipe abortion doctors, or animal rights people who wear leather shoes.

Go to the pinned euthanasia thread.

 

[jeef]

One word...Firecrackers


just kidding

 

[Interfire]

One word...Firecrackers


just kidding

Nasty.

I was going to say something about freezing them, but I don't want to start a war here so I'll refrain.

 

[thecichlidaddict]

behead them with a sharp knife.

 

[CFC]

Or bash them on the head with a large hammer or any other hard heavy object.

 

[LoveMyOscar]

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[Shizat]

Have you ever used baking soda, its supposed to put them to sleep.

 

[LoveMyOscar]

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[modernhamlet]

Have you ever used baking soda, its supposed to put them to sleep.

Wouldn't that mean that most Rift Lake tanks would be full of dead fish? Sorry. Baking soda is not an acceptable method of Euthenasia.


Edit:

There are three commonly accepted forms of humane euthanasia for fish.

1. Concussion and pithing
2. Decapitation and pithing
3. Proper anaesthetic overdose

 

[Cheese Specialist]

It's not something I have had to do, if a fish is really sick I prefer to take it out of the tank to prevent it from being harassed and putting it in a dark container to die in peace.

If I felt I had to do it then I would use the clove oil method. I do not agree with physically battering the fish to death or cutting off it's head. That seems like a nasty way to go and things like being out of water would frighten the fish at a time when there's nothing it can do.

Oh and I agree with modernhamlet, baking soda is not going to kill a fish quickly or painlessly if at all. As far as I am aware baking soda is actually used in some aquariums for proper purposes.

 

[Samage]

One word: Blender. Not pretty but damn near guaranteed instant!

 

[drobbins27]

One word: Blender. Not pretty but damn near guaranteed instant!

Wow, im laughing so hard im crying...you guys ever see "duece bigalo male gigalo"? Poor LionFish

By the way, do you actually use a blender?

I dont kill my fish, I dont really know any situations where that would be the best decision