i know this is way late but one time when i had a dying fish my brother took a knife and stabbed its brain.....but he did it pretty fast it was sad though
should i euthanize my fish
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i left the fish out of its net and my mbuna nearly killed it. when i came back it wasnt breathing and its tail was vibrating. i went with the wall method.
1. it would have been pointless to go to the market and let it suffer more
2. its not logical to go to the market and buy clove oil just to kill a fish. and 53special i think were sorta going back to the same discussion. Fish get killed in the most inhumane ways out in the wild and in markets. No butcher has a bottle of clove oil for every fish he sells.
3. if you think im an ahole then why did i post this thread in the first place. i would have just let it suffer. Ill do what it takes to keep my fish alive and healthy. Ill buy medication for it but im not going to buy clove oil to put it out of misery.
1. it would have been pointless to go to the market and let it suffer more
2. its not logical to go to the market and buy clove oil just to kill a fish. and 53special i think were sorta going back to the same discussion. Fish get killed in the most inhumane ways out in the wild and in markets. No butcher has a bottle of clove oil for every fish he sells.
3. if you think im an ahole then why did i post this thread in the first place. i would have just let it suffer. Ill do what it takes to keep my fish alive and healthy. Ill buy medication for it but im not going to buy clove oil to put it out of misery.
Some people just have a hard time killing a fish because there is ALWAYS a chance of it living. Back when I had 3 tinfoils, 4 commons and 2 fantails in a 20gal (yes noob then) My tinfoils beat the CRAP out of my calico fantail. His rear fin was GONE. All the way to his flesh and bone. Most of his other fins were gone to. I was 100% certain he was a goner so I let him be and expected to take him out in the morning dead. Well by chance of luck he DIDNT die, everything grew back 100% when he was only a few months old. Later that week I purchased a bigger tank and hes still kicking and becoming a massive beast over 2 years later.. Hes my little buddy now, and a big pig to boot. So some people I guess just hope that there is just this possibility of them surviving. I took that chance and couldnt have made a better one.
I know the fish is already dead...to euthanize if you don't have clove oil don't use the freezer method it don't kill fast enough. I found putting a fish in a blender and pressing puree does the job and I can't imagine a feeling a thing if someone put me in a blender and pressed puree. Most probably think I'm sick for saying this......but seriously think about it.
I still think the ice water is the most humane method maybe not most effective but most humane and we are all human right...?
