This may seem a little morbid, but what do you guys do with your fish when they die? Do you eat them? I have heard that some people eat their fish when they die. Do you throw them away?(what a waste) Feed them to your other fish in small chunks? Or are you like me, and do you study them? On the rare ocassion that one of my fish dies I study the anatomical features. Mainly because catfish anatomy intrigues me. I am in the miltiary now, and I am studying to be a zoologist. I want to specialize in skull morphology of fish. So if you guys have any extra fish/fish heads that you don't need, please let me know. It would really help further my studies. I would even be willing to pay a small fee for your dead fish. I am really interested in what you guys do with your dead fish though. Bet someone has some funny stories. When my rtc died from bad feeders I dissected him and found that he had glass(from a busted heater), rocks, and bone in his stomach. I also prepared his skull for study/display. I will try to post some pics when I get a chance, in my album. This site is great guys. I love it allready.
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one guy I knew, ate his rtc when it got too big for him to handle. He told me it tasted like pork.
(by the way....Welcome)
nice skull, little nasty looking though. You should think about giving it a peroxide bath. That will whiten it, and kill any germs. you should leave it for about 3 or 4 days in peroxide. You can use the medical stuff they sell in any grocery store cheap. Be warned, it might fall into about 100 pieces, and need to be rearticulated. If you don't know how to do that then, you can allways ask me! 