How to mount dead fish bones?

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kavin2845

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iv'e seen a couple people on here do it, and i was wondering if there is any one who can tell me how to do it or give me a website link on how its done. Also how do you guys get the bones to be so white? do you soak it in bleach? Have some fish in the freezer i would like to try this on.

couple examples on what im talking about

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Thanks!

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Jack Dempsey
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Most people use dermestid beetles to eat the flesh off. Some people clean it by hand. Others macerate it water til the flesh rots off. Its a lot of work to put it back together since maceration disarticulates the whole skeleton. Then it gets decreased in ammonia or dawn soap. Then whitened in hydrogen peroxide. Never bleach bone it makes the bone crumble over time.

Ive done a polypterus and tilapia skull. Its a lot of work.



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