How Do I Do IT???

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I've tried to find homes for my 2 Oscars and Jaguar for 7 months now. Not even pet stores will take them. They don't have room... or they only take from breeders.

I may be forced to kill these fish and I want to know which way is the quickest and "kindest" way to do it?
I hate this, but, there's no other solution. :(
 
you can put posts up on www.craigslist.org for free fish or you can use Clove Oil to put your fish to sleep or put a lot in and it will kill them but when they are a sleep you can do what ever and they wont feel it...

I recommend putting the fish in separate buckets so you dont contaminate your aquarium...
 
Clove oil is my method of choice. Isolate the fish into a small container (bucket for instance) and drop clove oil in one drop at a time, until the fish stops moving. Continue to drop until you cease to see gill movement, add a couple more drops, and let him sit for a few minutes. You can now call him passed on.
 
noooo send them to me.....seriously wont nobody on here take them???got to be someone with all the i want a jag/i want oscar posts....
 
havent you got a local aqaurium???got to be someone who will take them....friends
 
How do i do it ? I cant believe this thread, you bust your ass to find them a home thats how you do it ( sorry if this is rude ) Come on ..." Clove oil is my method of Choice " ( again sorry if this is rude )
 
Davey64;1031428; said:
How do i do it ? I cant believe this thread, you bust your ass to find them a home thats how you do it ( sorry if this is rude ) Come on ..." Clove oil is my method of Choice " ( again sorry if this is rude )
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If the guy is a in a real prediciment and absolutely no one will take them and he's tried every means then it's way better then setting them free in the nearest lake. I realize these fish are our pets but in the end to anyone besides us they're just fish. So should that be the first choice to euthenize? no...
 
First of all, I'm not a guy. See, my son moved out 7 months ago and left me with a 220 gallon, 75 gallon, 55 gallon, and 40 gallon tank, ALL filled with fish. Besides that, I had my own 2 tanks. This 220 is just TOO BIG for me to deal with. I have to climb on a chair just to turn the light on! Let alone vacuuming it and water changes...every stinking week! WOULD YOU LEAVE YOUR MOTHER TO DEAL WITH YOUR TANKS?! I bet not.

I have been posting in here and everywhere else including craigslist.com for 7 months straight (go check out buy and sell). Three different guys from here did adopt some of my fish. My Blood Parrot, my Black Belt, my Chocolate Cichlid, one of my Pleco's, and all of my African Cichlids. But nobody wants these 3 guys.

I am keeping as many of these beautiful fish that I can fit in the 75 and 40 gallon tank. But the Oscars and Jag must go so I can finally drain the 220. I've had a couple of people interested but then they never show up OR they tell me they plan on putting them all in their 55 gallon tank which already has 2 big Oscars and 2 big Flowerhorns, and 2 Parrot fish in it! C'mon! And add 3 more fish in that 55g? I DON'T THINK SO. I'd rather these fish die quickly then live in conditions such as that! They are sweet fish and beautiful and deserve a GOOD home. But no good home has come.

Ok now, does the clove oil work quickly? Will they start freaking out? Or just quietly go to sleep?
 
they will slowly and calmly fall a sleep and then they will stop breathing then they will die, not painful just falling asleep and never waking up...
 
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