Most humane way to put a fish down?

[henry2703]

well... as long as your fish still can find its way around the tank, and can find it's way to food.... i don't see why you need to put it down.... Fishes are not like human... they may not need their sight that much.....

i have a blind dog.. and she has been blind for the last 4 years of her life.... she is till happy with us.. in fact she has learn to find herr way around the house and furniture...

my point is they do not need their sight to live.... as long as they can find food... or you have ways to feed it...

my 2 cents worth

 

[@ombomb]

I know, I think I started this topic all wrong and got people worried that I was going to decimate my lamp eyes with no good reason

I'll happily make sure that the blind one gets some food dropped right in front of it's nose, but would appreciate any thoughts on what might of caused this, just in case it could be passed on to another fish.

 

[henry2703]

I know, I think I started this topic all wrong and got people worried that I was going to decimate my lamp eyes with no good reason

I'll happily make sure that the blind one gets some food dropped right in front of it's nose, but would appreciate any thoughts on what might of caused this, just in case it could be passed on to another fish.

hahah... i know... i know you weren't going to kill the fish unless its the last resort....

i'm just sharing with you how i felt when my dog went blind....

until i realised that animals may have just as fulfilling life with or without sigh....

 

[@ombomb]

Oddly enough my Grandmother has a blind dog, which gets around very well.

Only problem it has is drinking, which it generally does from the horses trough. I think it just can't tell where the water level and and sticks it's whole head it and then wants to dry itself off on the nearest trouser leg!

 

[freddyk]

It's best to consider each species of fish to decide whether it would be more merciful to euthenize it or keep it, and also carefully watch how it functions - they use their eyesight for more then eating.

To give an example at each end of the scale, most catfish have poor eyesight and an excellent sense of smell and taste and touch - they get don't rely on eyesight and more often then not you wouldn't be doing it a favour by euthanizing it. On the other hand, most cichlids rely heavily on their excellent eyesight - lacking it, at best there is a risk of disease in the tank due to a highly stressed fish. In this case euthanasia would be commendable.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Check out this site @ombomb- look at cloudy eye and pop eye and see if your lamp eye's condition matchs any of these 2;

http/www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html#Popeye

 

[@ombomb]

Thanks for the link, it looks as though it could be the early stages of pop-eye.

I have tested the water and the quality seems high, without any excess of Nitrates. I can't see any other form (at least I couldn't before I went to work) of mark on the fish and (other than the blindness) is was swimming well. I have the option to push air bubbles through my filter but don't and they've been getting a mixed died of flakes, blood worms and daphnae, which suggests that the cause may be bacterial.

I'll leave it for another day or so and if the situation doesn't impoves add some medication. I generally use Interpet Liquisil and number 9 looks like it would fit the bill.

Interpet Range

Does that sound about right?