how to shut down an aquarium..humanely

[dascripta]

I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
the creek).

[Justin Boucher]

Find someone in your area that would be interested in taking the
inhabitants. Otherwise, sell it as a complete unit.
If you want to keep the equipment, you can just sell or give away the
inhabitants.
Then bleach the system, rinse (rinse well) and store.

Justin

"dascripta" > wrote in message
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> I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
> trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
> done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
> the creek).
>

[Robert Flory]

Give it away fish anfd all...
Bob

"dascripta" > wrote in message
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>I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
> trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
> done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
> the creek).
>

[Logic316]

dascripta wrote:
> I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
> trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
> done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
> the creek).

You can try putting an ad in the classifieds or even selling them on
eBay. If that fails, I'm sure you can find a fish store you can give the
inhabitants away to (they may or may not pay you for them, they're doing
you a favor after all).

- Logic316



"A diplomat thinks twice before saying nothing."

[coolchinchilla]

dascripta wrote:
> I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
> trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
> done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
> the creek).
>

Advertise in a paper for $100. You'll get takers easy and you'll
recoup the advertising costs.

[Elaine T]

dascripta wrote:
> I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
> trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
> done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
> the creek).

For online classifieds, there's Aquabid and Craig's List for many areas
as well. www.aquabid.com and www.craigslist.org

If all else fails, take them to your local fish store in a bucket and
tell them that you cannot find them homes. Some stores will take fish
during the week when they have staff to handle them, especially if you
call ahead and tell them that you're on the verge of dumping them in the
creek. If your fish are popular ones that are easy to resell, you're
more likely to be successful.

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[Eric]

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 23:31:07 -0500, coolchinchilla wrote
(in article >):

> dascripta wrote:
>> I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
>> trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
>> done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
>> the creek).
>>
>
> Advertise in a paper for $100. You'll get takers easy and you'll
> recoup the advertising costs.

It had better be the tank and accessories for a hundred because you can get a
brand new 55 for a hundred.

-E

[[email protected]]

What! Shut down a tank humanely?? Why dont you just give them away or
bring them back to the fish shop or something?? Or better sell them
off. Why kill your fish?

[dascripta]

thanks for the suggestions, i'll contact one of the stores in the are
and see what their policies are on taking fish.

[bassett]

Why not donate the lot to a Old peoples home, or the local hospital, let
someone else, less fortunate have the pleasure, of your fish, and moving
the thing and re'setting it up, is only a day out of your life.
bassett

"dascripta" > wrote in message
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> thanks for the suggestions, i'll contact one of the stores in the are
> and see what their policies are on taking fish.
>

[A Man]

On 3 Sep 2005 20:11:46 -0700 in article <1125803506.565818.184420
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, spoke thusly...
> I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
> trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
> done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
> the creek).
>
>
Give away the fish and/or tank on Freecycle. Look for a local freecycle Yahoo
group at www.freecycle.org. Animals go very quickly, within hours you should
have willing people to take your fish and/or tank.

--
Sig: Say no to fixed width HTML tables. They look terrible in most browsers.

[humBill]

I would double the FreeCycle suggestion. if you have one in your city. I
have given away many common Platys in the past and always have more people
asking for them.
Bill

"A Man" > wrote in message
eenews.net...
> On 3 Sep 2005 20:11:46 -0700 in article <1125803506.565818.184420
> @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, spoke thusly...
>> I have a 55 gal that I no longer have time or energy to maintain. I'm
>> trying to see if there are humane ways to shut down a tank when your
>> done with it without doing the immoral/illegal thing(dumping them in
>> the creek).
>>
>>
> Give away the fish and/or tank on Freecycle. Look for a local freecycle
> Yahoo
> group at www.freecycle.org. Animals go very quickly, within hours you
> should
> have willing people to take your fish and/or tank.
>
> --
> Sig: Say no to fixed width HTML tables. They look terrible in most
> browsers.