How to dispose of dying discus..

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I had a 1.5" discus that was dying.. he was at bottom of tank, not moving but was breathing..
i poked him, didn't move
got out the net, didn't move..
pulled in out, didn't move

i didn't want to flush him.. so i put him in garbage disposal..

now, it was a much bigger fish, i would probably use a knife and to it quick..

what have you done?

[acroken]

If he is dead already, just net,put in plastic bag. Tie it up and freeze till trash day

kenny

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kenny what if he is not? but in really bad shape

[acroken]

you can use clove oil to euthanize, but that is really for culling. If he is in that bad of shape just bag and freeze. It does not sound like he has too much life left in him. Hard thing to do but it is best to get him out while still alive. Once a fish dies any parasites that fish is carrying leaves to find a live host. Bag and walk away.

Good luck
Kenny

[jball1125]

you can use clove oil to euthanize, but that is really for culling. If he is in that bad of shape just bag and freeze. It does not sound like he has too much life left in him. Hard thing to do but it is best to get him out while still alive. Once a fish dies any parasites that fish is carrying leaves to find a live host. Bag and walk away.

Good luck
Kenny

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I have heard that freezing is actually a very humane way of ending a fish. This is assumed because you will find the fish frozen in an upright position as if it were swimming without any signs of distress.

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i hope NOT to have to deal with again.. but i wanted ideas of what others have done..

[Jennie]

2 things I've done with fish
put in a plastic bag with tank water and into freezer.
Put in a bag and quickly slap it on floor.

1 thing I haven't done is put it alive through a grinder though.


Warlock, did I get you to wondering?

[vera]

1 thing I haven't done is put it alive through a grinder though.


Warlock, did I get you to wondering?

Sound like Friday 13 LOL

[Jennie]

reminds me of the movie Fargo

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Warlock, did I get you to wondering?

yes..

[Discus master]

Crazy just crazy, I used a bag and put a ton of ice in it. I really hate doing it either way it sucks!!

[DonMD]

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I have heard that freezing is actually a very humane way of ending a fish. This is assumed because you will find the fish frozen in an upright position as if it were swimming without any signs of distress.

I've heard that, too, and I've frozen many fish. Not one ever remained upright - they always were flat on the bottom of the container . . .

[jball1125]

I've heard that, too, and I've frozen many fish. Not one ever remained upright - they always were flat on the bottom of the container . . .

I guess whoever we heard it from was lying or froze the fish really darn fast. lol

[moik]

The fastest way is get a bucket of cold water,,,put plenty of ice in it..swirl the water around for alittle bit to get the water fridged cold,,,put the unlucky discus in it (make sure he goes below the ice) and within seconds the deed is done..nothing faster in my opinion...

[Tito]

Curious....

Why not just flush the fish down the toilet?

We flush much more disgusting stuff down there.