Pet insurance.

Just wondering if anyone has pet insurance to cover their rays, fish in general. As we all know these animals are expensive to purchase, no matter what the species and as my collection is growing it's got me thinking more about what if the tank blows or we have a major power cut and I haven't brought a generator yet etc etc.

In the uk we can take pet insurance out on dogs, cats, parrots etc but I don't know about fish specifically. Assuming household insurance would cover a broken tank as long as it's a specified item on the policy - I'll be checking this out with my insurer.


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T1KARMANN said:

I wouldn't even bother with that type of insurance I can truthfully say in 35 years of keeping fish I have never had to or herd of anyone calling out and paying for vet treatment

I do know a few people who have have had vet friends come and look at a sick fish as a friend but not pay for vet services
Not saying it doesn't happen but we can get most info we need online and don't need a perception for most fish meds

To be fair if your not a competent fish keeper you shouldn't really be spending thousands on fish




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Totally agree Richard, if you don't know what you're doing you should think twice before shelling out big money on fish, on anything for that matter, however as they say "a fool and his money are soon parted".




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rayrayray said:

Im pretty sure no insurance in the uk covers fish mike,when i used to have glass tanks on a few occasions i had large ones blow on me,insurance always covered the tank and any damage that was caused,but never the fish.Generators are a must,ive had to fire mine up a fair few times,i wouldnt be with out them.

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On the subject of glass tank blowouts, have you gone away from glass and more towards acrylic? I know both can pop.

I'm intending on a roughly 8x4 or 9x5 (prefer the latter) tank in my summerhouse to move the rays into. But I'm bit worried about the bloody thing popping one day. Guess if it does it does, I can't really go round worrying about it all the time, but 'prevention' is better than cure, so if acrylic is statistically stronger and less likely to go I may go for acrylic.

Any way, yep the household insurance covers me if the tank does blow and any remedial work to the property.

I think my best 'insurance' has to be water quality, which is easy enough to do with my regime I feel.

Back up plan will be a petrol generator, spare boxed heaters and external bucket in case and also one of those blue pop up koi stock tanks.

That should cover it.


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