Quickst And Humane Way To Kill A Fish

[newcastlelas]

my balloon molly is hanging in by a thread but i dont want him to suffer anymore. he is now swimming upside down and struggling to live basically any ideas how i can end it quickly for him ?

 

[aibo210]

my balloon molly is hanging in by a thread but i dont want him to suffer anymore. he is now swimming upside down and struggling to live basically any ideas how i can end it quickly for him ?

I herd putting it in jar and adding a few drops of clove oil to send it to sleep then just add more to kill it. I dont think I could myself though!

 

[newcastlelas]

my balloon molly is hanging in by a thread but i dont want him to suffer anymore. he is now swimming upside down and struggling to live basically any ideas how i can end it quickly for him ?

To late. he died

 

[Sunny_Bee]

Sorry to hear that
And yes, clove oil is the way to go. I bought some just in case a few months ago and had to use it recently. It is a very peaceful end.

 

[newcastlelas]

Sorry to hear that
And yes, clove oil is the way to go. I bought some just in case a few months ago and had to use it recently. It is a very peaceful end.

my first thoughts were OMG he is in soo much pain. i have never seen him like it before it shocked me to be honest.. he was one of my fav's he was never shy always came to me when i was doing stuf in the tank.. it killed me to watch him like that. .

i was going to go the boiling water way just to help him get there quicker coz he was struggling so much!.. but i thought there might be another way so i waited a bit longer but i had no replys.. and as i was going to take him into the kitchen he died in my hand ...

 

[Corleone]

i was going to go the boiling water way just to help him get there quicker coz he was struggling so much!.. but i thought there might be another way so i waited a bit longer but i had no replys.. and as i was going to take him into the kitchen he died in my hand ...

Never heard of boiling water, myself, but I drop them in freezing water. Don't just put them in the freezer, which I've seen suggested, put a cup of water in the freezer until it's starting to freeze, and drop them in that. It kills within seconds, and cold deadens nerves, so there's little if any pain.

The fastest way would probably be blunt trauma - either a strong blow to the head, swing them in a net against a hard surface, or cut the spine just behind the head. If you screw up and don't do it right the first time, though, it becomes the slowest and most painful way. There's also something to be said about minimizing the trauma to yourself.

 

[mike os]

anaesthetic is the only humane way, for most that means clove oil.

freezing and boiling both cause stress and pain, it may be quick, but it would be for you too.

Given the choice of the 3 I know which I would choose.

 

[liqourish]

hmm im thinkin of chuckin my moonlight gourami. shred my plants, stingy about food, picks on others and just now made 1 big goldfish handicaped for life maybe(clamp on the right fin, now the fantail Goldie wont swim with it :sadface:. maybe ill try the freezing water way

 

[Gazoo]

my balloon molly is hanging in by a thread but i dont want him to suffer anymore. he is now swimming upside down and struggling to live basically any ideas how i can end it quickly for him ?

I used to put my fish in a container with ice water or clove oil but now I would put a hammer/mallet to its melon. Short and sweet.

hmm im thinkin of chuckin my moonlight gourami. shred my plants, stingy about food, picks on others and just now made 1 big goldfish handicaped for life maybe(clamp on the right fin, now the fantail Goldie wont swim with it :sadface:. maybe ill try the freezing water way

It sounds like your gourami would do better in a different environment rather than being terminated because it's not playing nice.

 

[Loony Fish]

sorry about the molly, but i have heard that you should freeze a bowl of water so the top s frozen, break the ice, and put him in.
but like what was said earlier, i don't think i could do it.

 

[K-Holed]

I've always gone the way of a short sharp blow to the head. However you've got to be confident that you can do it first time.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

hmm im thinkin of chuckin my moonlight gourami. shred my plants, stingy about food, picks on others and just now made 1 big goldfish handicaped for life maybe(clamp on the right fin, now the fantail Goldie wont swim with it :sadface:. maybe ill try the freezing water way

It sounds like your gourami would do better in a different environment rather than being terminated because it's not playing nice.

I agree, it is totally unacceptable to kill a fish because you feel it's not behaving, either give it an appropriate environment which suitable tankmates or re-home it to someone else who can take better care of it.

Frankly that attitude is atroscious

 

[squeakytoy]

"hmm im thinkin of chuckin my moonlight gourami. shred my plants, stingy about food, picks on others and just now made 1 big goldfish handicaped for life maybe(clamp on the right fin, now the fantail Goldie wont swim with it :sadface:. maybe ill try the freezing water way"


take it back to the store, give it away, post an ad in the for sale section... senseless to kill it for acting as nature bred it. It cant help thousands of years of evolution, putting him into a suitable environement is your responsibility.

 

[kellyinman1]

hmm im thinkin of chuckin my moonlight gourami. shred my plants, stingy about food, picks on others and just now made 1 big goldfish handicaped for life maybe(clamp on the right fin, now the fantail Goldie wont swim with it :sadface:. maybe ill try the freezing water way

if your near me i would happily take it off your hands rarther than it having to goto fishy heaven

 

[jonnyf84]

i've only had to do it twice in ten years but i place a newspaper at the side of the tank catch the fish in a net and put it on the newspaper, flip the newspaper over the net and just squash it quick and hard, 2 seconds max from catching it and death, not mentally the easiest but quicker than any other method. neadless to say throw the net.