should i put my gt down or should i wait?? help fast!

[balton777]

I'm always sad when I have to put a fish down. Sorry about your GT...

 

[bigriver]

Forcing your fish to watch a marathon of Dancing with the Stars will do the trick. Though it can also be a slow and painful death. This is my wife's brand of torture. I'm still recovering.

lol ..this is so true, I believe my wife used this method to try to euthanize me one night, came very close..its a good thing I have some size on me or it would have worked.

 

[Chrisplosion]

lol ..this is so true, I believe my wife used this method to try to euthanize me one night, came very close..its a good thing I have some size on me or it would have worked.

Quick grab the phone, I need to vote! Clove oil is the best way, not ice, not a bb gun, and certainly not a hammer.....

 

[davew]

Forcing your fish to watch a marathon of Dancing with the Stars will do the trick. Though it can also be a slow and painful death. This is my wife's brand of torture. I'm still recovering.

haha ,i nearly suffered the same fate ,i'm in the uk and my wife tried it by making me watch dancing on ice

 

[Pandamania]

The ONLY way to put a fish down, imo, is ask your animal vet. DO NOT FREEZE IT !!! That's so inhumane...sick, sick, sick!!! You get the stuff from your vet to 'put it asleep' just as you would do if you needed to put down any pet. They have nerve systems and stuff too, would you like to freeze to death? I live in WI, it would not be painless or quick!, to say the least!

 

[dent20]

The freezer method doesn't take long at all. And I take offense to the experts out there rushing to call it inhumane or "sick, sick, sick." This board should be for advice, not bashing others because you think you're so damn right. I might note that this thread lasted a month before anyone thought to answer the original posters question about how to euthanize the fish.

 

[guapoteman]

May as well put him down now if youre planning on putting him back with that stocklist

 

[darippa]

This is the perfect occassion for having a tank filled with Pygocentrus. AKA the Why Me Tank.

 

[Red Devil Horde]

To the OP:
Sorry to hear about your fish.

Clove oil is used by vets to anesthetize fish when they need medical treatment.
What do you think they use when they need to treat fish @ the aquariums?

Freezing would be so slow, why not boil a pot of water & drop it in like you would a lobster.

Hitting a fish on the head might work for larger fish, but would be pretty messy if it was a small fish.

 

[dent20]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I tried Clove oil tonight and found it to be a complete failure. Had the fish in about two gallons of water, kept adding clove oil and it never passed out, never died peacefully. What are you guys using it for? Guppies? It sure didn't work for my six inch African. Putting it in the freezer put the fish down in less than a minute.