I HATE to Cull Fish!! What would you do?

[ShadowStryder]

Modest, Its doing well at about 5.5", it is with my Zo, Pink Fen, and Regani. Not sure if female or male. Hasn't showed its tubes yet. been thinking about flipping her over and checking but wasn't sure if it was oO or what.
I got three others (well two now) a few months back. Hey I was told by some vendors on another site that Rapps gets alot of his Viejas from Conkel.
Do you know this to be true or not. Just curious.

Oh sorry for the derail Balton.

 

[benzjamin13]

I once bought a ARTC and didn't realize that it had no eyes (it was about an inch when I first bought him). And I'll be honest...as much as I wanted to cull it, I didn't have the heart. So I kept it and raised it. I admit that I used him to cycle new tanks and he was always the "tester" It died while I was on an externship. My Dad told me after I got back

 

[Modest_Man]

Modest, Its doing well at about 5.5", it is with my Zo, Pink Fen, and Regani. Not sure if female or male. Hasn't showed its tubes yet. been thinking about flipping her over and checking but wasn't sure if it was oO or what.
I got three others (well two now) a few months back. Hey I was told by some vendors on another site that Rapps gets alot of his Viejas from Conkel.
Do you know this to be true or not. Just curious.

Oh sorry for the derail Balton.

No idea.

I'm still waiting for a photo of this deformed fish.

 

[balton777]

No idea.

I'm still waiting for a photo of this deformed fish.

I should have culled this fish months ago when I first noticed it was mis-shaped. Alright Modest_Man here it is. He's not in pain or anything and he's growing at the same rate as the other 3. He eats fine, swims normal and defends himself like a normal ciclid. The problem is it's shaped like a spoon. One side curves inward and the other side curves outward.

I'm going to see if my lfs will take it for free.

 

[japes]

Cull without a doubt, while it's harsh and somewhat cruel, I can't imagine the poor thing would live a fantastic life regardless of how much you took care of him.

When god stuffs it up sometimes you have to take over.

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

bin it..

 

[Steve p]

Scoop it out pop it in an old sock take it out the back yard and wack it against a wall. Job done.

Steve

 

[balton777]

Problem solved it's culled.

Thanks for all the opines.

 

[Onion01]

i know it was hard to come to that decision, but it was for the best. still, it hurts

 

[bombay_biorb]

that was seriously bad im sure it was the right choice to cull it.