"thewizardhunter" wrote
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Tom Randy Wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:02:04 -0600, Margolis wrote:
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what method do you use to euthanize them?-


Here's how *I* did it and he (A cory) didn't "seem" to be in much if
any
pain based on his movements or lack there of.

Got a small bowl with cold water from the tap. Placed fish gently in,
he did not freak out about it. Added one ice cube. Waited a few
minutes,
he stopped breathing. Placed in freezer overnight. Fish ice cube. I
felt
bad but it was for the best I guess. I think this is how I'll do them
all
in the future unless I hear of another way that I feel might be
better.

TheWizardHunter


Okay, to me this just seems like someone freezing to death in the Antarctic,
yet I've never heard it it before. But I don't like the sound of it.




Tom

Many people use this way but do not realise that is is a slow and
torturing
death for the fish. The quickest and most humane way to euthanize a
fish is
to remove it as quickly as posible from the tank, place it onto a board
of
some sort and sever the spinal column just behide the head with a very
sharp
knife by pressing down hard and quickly. Death is instantaniuos and the
fish
doesn't suffer. As drastic as this might sound it is the quickest and
most humane.


--
thewizardhunter

I've heard that this is the quickest and most painless way, but most of the
time
I just come down to ceck filters, feed fish, etc, and the fish is just...
there,
lying on the bottom, dead, so I've never gotten a chance to at least try to
euthanize them
if they're lying there, gasping for air and generally white or see-through.
Plus, I'm too
squeamish to euthanize a fish, even if they don't give any indication of
pain.