Getting a fish to a skeleton

SawickiB

SawickiB

Jack Dempsey
MFK Member
Feb 22, 2014
400
7
33
FL, United States
Ok so i have a palmas palmas that was outside for a few days and now its just dry skin and bones, i want to get all the skin off though so what can i do to do it? Ive heard of boiling but would that apply to a already dried fish? Would solution of vinegar do it, and then just take it out and peel of the skin?
 
SawickiB

SawickiB

Jack Dempsey
MFK Member
Feb 22, 2014
400
7
33
FL, United States
Theres some ants picking out the rest right now, but theres still all the scales left and theres breaks in it from where they entered so i dont want to keep it just like that, i mostly just want the skull but full body would be awesome.
 
D

DDK

Plecostomus
MFK Member
May 25, 2013
1,173
24
53
us
Just leave it out in the sun and rinse it off with a hose one a week? Haha
 
SawickiB

SawickiB

Jack Dempsey
MFK Member
Feb 22, 2014
400
7
33
FL, United States
Well its a very small bichir compared to lower jaw species so now that there no flesh its just a dry delicate fish with skin and bones, some im afraid to really touch it until i know what i doing, so would vinegar soften up all the scales and make it so it can be peeled off?
 
SawickiB

SawickiB

Jack Dempsey
MFK Member
Feb 22, 2014
400
7
33
FL, United States
Anyone got any ideas? Could i just cut off the head and bleach it? Maybe boil the whole body and see if i can get the scales off? Or would vinegar do that?
 
SawickiB

SawickiB

Jack Dempsey
MFK Member
Feb 22, 2014
400
7
33
FL, United States
Alright, so i think im just going to try bleach on the head.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
zoomed.com
hikariusa.com
aqaimports.com
Store
Top Bottom