Have you ever 86ed a fish??

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When I say 86ed I mean immediately got rid of it out of frustration . I had to do it for the first time today. You see Ive been raising this little Leporinis for a year. When I bought it he was 2'' long and it was sorta mellow. Today it WAS a healthy 6'' little killer. In the past few months it has killed and consumed 10+ corys, 8 swordtail platys, and this week alone 18 black neons (strange for a vegetarian fish). But today it crossed the line and tore into 2 of my 6 little tapajos orangehead geos. 1 of them (my dominant male) died and the other is gonna lose sight in 1 of his eyes. I was so pissed off that I immediately netted the culprit and flushed it down the toilet. I had no other tank available to put it in and had to be at work in an hour so I just did it to save my prized geos from furthur damage. Have any of you all ever taken similar measures with a fish?? Just curious as if you have it wont make me feel so bad....... I do feel horrible about it, as it was a very handsome fish.....
 
That was irresponsible and fish abuse if you ask me. The fish is not responsible for it's temperment, you are responsible for what you put it with. If you put piranhas with feeders, and they eat them, are you going to flush them because keeping them together didn't work out? It's not fair.
 
groovitudedude;2196928; said:
That was irresponsible and fish abuse if you ask me. The fish is not responsible for it's temperment, you are responsible for what you put it with. If you put piranhas with feeders, and they eat them, are you going to flush them because keeping them together didn't work out? It's not fair.
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Ps and feeders?? Not the same at all ''dude''. Irresponsible would have been to let it go in a lake or a waterway and abuse would have been to the rest of my fish had I left it in there.
 
robmcd;2196952; said:
Ps and feeders?? Not the same at all ''dude''. Irresponsible would have been to let it go in a lake or a waterway and abuse would have been to the rest of my fish had I left it in there.
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Do you think you made a responsible choice to kill it because of your poor choice in tankmates? If it's not responsible, it's irresponsible.

And I'm only giving you my opinion because you asked. If you want me to stop, I'll stop.
 
groovitudedude;2196960; said:
Do you think you made a responsible choice to kill it because of your poor choice in tankmates? If it's not responsible, it's irresponsible.

And I'm only giving you my opinion because you asked. If you want me to stop, I'll stop.
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I never asked anyone for their opinion . Only if they have had a similar experience.....
 
You don't have a lfs near you? A friend with a tank? A extra 20 bucks for a 10g and heater till you could find something else to do with him...

If you ask me, you handled it the wrong way..


I have never flushed or killed a fish because of its temperment if that was the question.
 
[enjoyable_attempt];2196989; said:
You don't have a lfs near you? A friend with a tank? A extra 20 bucks for a 10g and heater till you could find something else to do with him...

If you ask me, you handled it the wrong way..


I have never flushed or killed a fish because of its temperment if that was the question.
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Yeah, but he's not asking us, he just wants to know if any of us made the same rash decision as he did.
 
Id feel your pain, when you want to get rid of it so badly...

As far as my other post goes about killing and freezing the fish, I never did it! :o

so...

yea dont do it again!!! :D

OR

you will regret it! just as I regret of posting those thread!!! :( Id feel BAD!!! x.x
 
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