scott67892002
Fish Crazy
watery grave it's only right! plus i dont have a garden and i wouldn't put it in the bin. so toilet it is.
Where to dispose of fish?
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bunjiweb
mmmmmmmarines
Flushing fish is a disgusting habbit that everyone should learn to get out of.
It is better to wrap them up and dispose of them in your garbage than to flush them down the toilet.
for most of my fish i tend to bury them. I dont do anything ceramoniously, they just get burried because its safer for the plumbing, it safer for the environment, and they cant pass on any disease they might have died on. They decompose naturally and go back into the earth from which they came from.
If you dont have a garden, the bin is the only real option. If you have a fish that is very nearly dead that you dont think will be treatable, then the most humane thing to do is put the fish in a small bag with some water, and put it in the freezer. It will slowly cool down and will fall asleep, after which it will slow down to a painless death.
Ben
It is better to wrap them up and dispose of them in your garbage than to flush them down the toilet.
for most of my fish i tend to bury them. I dont do anything ceramoniously, they just get burried because its safer for the plumbing, it safer for the environment, and they cant pass on any disease they might have died on. They decompose naturally and go back into the earth from which they came from.
If you dont have a garden, the bin is the only real option. If you have a fish that is very nearly dead that you dont think will be treatable, then the most humane thing to do is put the fish in a small bag with some water, and put it in the freezer. It will slowly cool down and will fall asleep, after which it will slow down to a painless death.
Ben
scott67892002
Fish Crazy
ben thats a very good point about the flushing and carrying disease never really thought about it! thankfully haven't had too much experince with dead fish. bit off topic but i was at your work earilyer bought a new tube for the tank!
bunjiweb
mmmmmmmarines
A new tube eh? Was it a tube for your undergravel filter?...
I'm having so much fun at the new job, but i still dont know where everything is and i feel silly not even knowing how to catch enough air in the bags for the fish yet....
Oh well, practice makes perfect!
Ben
I'm having so much fun at the new job, but i still dont know where everything is and i feel silly not even knowing how to catch enough air in the bags for the fish yet....
Oh well, practice makes perfect!
Ben
Dorkhedeos
Boss Major
how does it spread disease? you do realize that it goes to the water treatment plant first right, not straight into the ocean like in finding nemo.
Tokis-Phoenix
^_^
Yes true but the concept of burial is just the same as burying another person; say for example your gran dies; she's dead and can't feel anything but you still wouldn't flush her down the toilet if you had one bigger enough.germanshepherdlver said:
We bury dead things because of respect, not because it contributes anything to the dead persons welfare.
I just think its nicer to bury an animal that has built an emotional bond with you; besides all you need is a little box and enough time to dig a hole to bury it in.
Dorkhedeos
Boss Major
well, it depends on who you are. i want to be thrown in the ocean when i die, or fed to barracudas or great whites or pirhanas 
bunjiweb
mmmmmmmarines
You can never take too many precautions... You wouldnt want to catch tuberculosis from your fish now would you? Or any other number of bacterial infections that can cause anything, be it as minor as diahorrea.
I suggest Dorkhedeos, that you respect other peoples views, ideals and opinions..... Alot could be said for you seeing as you obviously fancya computer generated character
Ben
I suggest Dorkhedeos, that you respect other peoples views, ideals and opinions..... Alot could be said for you seeing as you obviously fancya computer generated character
Ben
LifeBear
Fish Crazy
I found instructions for making a chicken into a mummy on the net when my kids were studying ancient Egypt. You could mummify your fish. Then sculpt a sarcophagus out of clay and send it to the afterlife. Be sure to include a copy of the Book of the Dead, especially the part where it warns that there are crocodiles.
Whatever you are comfortable with is really best, burying, flushing, ceremony or no...I honestly don't think it matters to anyone but you, so that is what you have to go with, what you want to do.
The always say funerals are for the living, not the dead.
I never thought of making it a mummy until now. I may try that. Fortunately I haven't had a fish die in a while, so I'll just have to wait.
Goodness, my family already thinks I am crazy having so many fish, I can just imagine what they would say if I mummified one!
Whatever you are comfortable with is really best, burying, flushing, ceremony or no...I honestly don't think it matters to anyone but you, so that is what you have to go with, what you want to do.
The always say funerals are for the living, not the dead.
I never thought of making it a mummy until now. I may try that. Fortunately I haven't had a fish die in a while, so I'll just have to wait.
Goodness, my family already thinks I am crazy having so many fish, I can just imagine what they would say if I mummified one!
my vote is for flush. if i was a fish i would like to buried where i lived. Same reason people return to the earth fish decompose and return to the water. sucks for birds they get to return to the earth.
Dorkhedeos
Boss Major
shes the main character in starcraft ghost 
im not saying any of these methods are bad, im just saying that flushing is the fastest way
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