When our fishies die

[Weaver]

Ive always flushed mine but from now on they will be going into the geraniums.At the rate I used to kill my goldfish had I buried them all the neighbours would have thought there was an archeological dig going on in my garden! )
ps that was before I discovered this site

 

[Isis_Nebthet]

I feed them to my dogs unless they had medication in the water. If there were meds I flush the small ones and bury the big ones.

 

[daudy_dojo]

i freeze the dead bodies to remove the scent of fish (cats will dig them up) then i place them in a superglued sealed glass jar and burie them

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

I feed them to my dogs unless they had medication in the water. If there were meds I flush the small ones and bury the big ones.

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No offence, but that doesn’t sound like such a great idea. Fish can transfer diseases to humans and other animals just through the water they are swimming in, feeding a fish that may have died of an undiagnosed disease seems a little risky as far as your dogs health and well being is concerned

 

[Synirr]

I'm a flusher. We have a septic tank, so it's not like the corpse is going straight out into the water system. It's a little unceremonial, I admit, but once they're dead I see the body as just that... a body. I've only lost one fish too large to flush (an angelfish,) so I just threw it over the fence into our pasture for the hawk that hangs around our house to eat. When any of my large fish I have now die I'll be burying them, but hopefully that won't be for many years yet

 

[SPLiSH]

I don't flush them because if they died of something like fungus, the fish's body will end up in a waterway and might contaminate local fish.

I lay the fish on a few tissues and place them in a box. A matchbox if they're small (bettas, tetras etc) or a tissue or shoe box if they're a cichlid or other large fish. Then I put a few flowers in and bury them in my backyard.

If they were a fish that I had a special relationship with I'll get a little momento or object and store it in a box I have, like my first betta Charlie, I kept the bag he came home from the LFS in.

 

[Sky042]

If they're still under warranty from somewhere they go back (most deaths in my tank are newbies in their first 24 hours)

Otherwise I usually trash them. Last fish that died that I couldn't take back was my oscar Nemo who was a full 9 inches so it would have been impossible to flush even if I wanted.

 

[willtang3000]

When I first buy my fish I take pics of them and when they die I make a little funeral by digging a hole and putting the fish in and cover it up then put the photo of the fish glued on a flat stone and put that on top of where ive buried it sounds weird I know but atleast I get to remember them in some way

 

[saraya]

Hello. I always bury mine near my roses. All water changes go on the garden too.
The plants are thriving and I feel it's a good thing to do, especially as our area is on a water shortage at the moment.

 

[Jules H-T]

I flush most of them, and bury the ones I was a bit closer with.

Ditto.

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

Hello. I always bury mine near my roses. All water changes go on the garden too.
The plants are thriving and I feel it's a good thing to do, especially as our area is on a water shortage at the moment.

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Ditto. Except not always roses. But then I've only lost two harlequins so far. *touch wood*
Hugs,
P.

 

[vanvran]

I always bury my fish, throwing them away or flushing them seems a little dishonoring to their memory. I'm always very upset whenever I lose a fish, and putting them to rest rather than disposing of them helps sort of put a closure to it in my mind, I know they're not rotting away in the septic tank or in a landfill.

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I agree -we try to give them the best home we can, and when they just can't survive, it seems so cold to throw them in the trash or toilet.

 

[vanvran]

When I first buy my fish I take pics of them and when they die I make a little funeral by digging a hole and putting the fish in and cover it up then put the photo of the fish glued on a flat stone and put that on top of where ive buried it sounds weird I know but atleast I get to remember them in some way

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I love that story--thanks for sharing it, if I had my own yard, I would copy this idea.

 

[vanvran]

all always go in the fish cemetary..............ie: small patch of garden to the left of our front door. we live in a flat with a communal entry so i dont think the other 4 occupiers here realise they walk past a fish cemetary every day, but as im the one who tends & plants the flowers & garden there i dont care......i just cant do the bin/flush thing.....even though i personally do not want to be buried....i like all my deceased fish to be parked near their ex tankmates........maybe sad but i dont care

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That is so sweet, I love that idea, and may use that when I have my own plot of land (right now, a condo owner). Everytime I water my plant, I will think of my little cory who is still a part of life.

 

[andywg]

Flushing every time. Our waste goes through treatment before hitting streams so there is very little chance of contamination (and think what else gets flushed down the toilet...)