Killing sick fish?

[doomiedee]

WTH! People like this shouldn't keep fish let alone be giving advice to others. I was on a Facebook cichlid page and someone asked what does it mean if a cichlid had a slightly caved in belly? So I answered it's underfed or it has internal parasites. A few people said that once their fish starts showing these signs they just kill them and flush them. Instead of trying to determine what's wrong and looking for a cure. What's your opinion?


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[Empyreal]

Thats really sad. Just uninformed ignorant people that just see the fish as cheap disposable accessory.

 

[doomiedee]

Thats really sad. Just uninformed ignorant people that just see the fish as cheap disposable accessory.

Really cause they tried to act like I didn't know what I was talking about till I explained how I cure that and showed living proof of a fish I have that survived that and other things (my jd)


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[jeremoose]

If you don't understand euthanizing an ailing fish when it's beyond helping, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[piranhaman00]

Use a hammer


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[fwprawn]

If a fish is obviously too far gone to save - I feed it to another fish - which is much more natural.

 

[doomiedee]

I understand putting a fish that can't be helped out of its misery if you already tried to help in any way but not doing anything to help it and just killing it is different. Atleast give it a fighting chance to recover.


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[ehh]

I understand putting a fish that can't be helped out of its misery if you already tried to help in any way but not doing anything to help it and just killing it is different. Atleast give it a fighting chance to recover.


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+1.

I see this all the time at work. Hate how expendable fish are too people. Even if a fish is right at deaths door I still try to save him and I've seen some fish seemingly come back from death.


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[popss]

this thread get me in trouble. no comment.

 

[Cu455]

If a fish is obviously too far gone to save - I feed it to another fish - which is much more natural.

You have to be careful doing this. If a fish has a parasite or other pathogen which was making it sick it might get passed up the food chain. Your idea sounds like a good way to euthanize without anything going to waste.

I understand the reason for euthanasia but it was never really my thing.