How do you handle dead fishes in the most humane way??

[ethantang]

I got a regal blue tang that has very bad itch... Even after qt him for close to a month...

Now he is just lying around... But not dead yet... What should I do?

One side I love him too much to let him suffer... The other side I don't want to kill him....

How how how???

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[LittleBurger]

I got a regal blue tang that has very bad itch... Even after qt him for close to a month...

Now he is just lying around... But not dead yet... What should I do?

One side I love him too much to let him suffer... The other side I don't want to kill him....

How how how???

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search the web got many ways.

1) is wack head

2) is insert needle behind eye.

3) break the spinal

4) use clove oil /vodka to anaesthesia it n kill it.

[clownfish_forever]

I usually catch it and put in a hospital tank...or rather a going-to-die tank and let it die naturally...too cruel for me to kill it

[RockyBoy]

If it still want to eat, hand feed it.

Give Henry's gourmet which contain all the formula to make a sick fish dance.

About 2 weeks ago, my filefish has a ugly lump on the left side, either could be cancerous or bacteria infection, and it was 45deg swimming at its sides. I thought it was going to die in a few days time.

Doesn't want to eat but I throw Henry gourmet everyday in the tank, slowly it start to eat. Now, even though the lump is getting smaller, after the lump broke and expose the insides, it is eating like my other tangs. Now much healthier than before and hunting for aiptasia during its spare time.

[bluemask]

search the web got many ways.

1) is wack head

2) is insert needle behind eye.

3) break the spinal

4) use clove oil /vodka to anaesthesia it n kill it.

[pitto]

search the web got many ways.

1) is wack head

2) is insert needle behind eye.

3) break the spinal

4) use clove oil /vodka to anaesthesia it n kill it.

very humane

[bluemask]

very humane

Wrong choice of word used?

[pitto]

haha sarcasm bro

[LittleBurger]

haha sarcasm bro

if not happy go find the people who suggested it. Me just cut n paste here.

So 慈悲。。

if such a saint, u shouldn't be keeping corals n fishes.

[pitto]

lol bro u stated its from the web, which means I'm not directing at you. chillax, why so hot?

[LittleBurger]

lol bro u stated its from the web, which means I'm not directing at you. chillax, why so hot?

wah, u flip prata faster than miw. got potential.

[Lance Ng]

I remember i was faced with a similar scenario too.. I couldn't bear to see the fish die, nor could I bear to see it suffer.

after much consideration, i decided to release it back into the sea (of course, not just any spot along the beach, but a one where I had physically seen thriving reef life).

I thought to myself.. it could be because I did not do a good enough job of creating the ideal habitat for it, that it was suffering.

So I decided to give it back to a habitat created by nature herself. Perhaps the better environment could reclaim its health?

Of course, i know there there were risks too.

- that it gets eaten by predators

- that it cannot get used to the new environment.

but i thought, if it were to be eaten by a predator, hopefully the death would be swift & it would have contributed back to the food chain.

whether or not it can get used to the environment was a 50-50 which i was willing to take a bet on, in lieu of the possible advantages.

guess what happened the day I released it?

It swam on the surface a short while, probably a little lost, then quickly, dived towards the corals and other fishes as though it forgot its ailment..

I have never seen it so happy before..

I left the spot with a prayer for the friend, & a smile..

[ethantang]

Hi lance... Nice!!!! But where in Singapore would you be able to find a thriving reef?? Sentosa?? Just to know in case anything similar happens to me again... *touch wood*. Haha

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[iskay]

Releasing LS into the wild is firstly illegal. Second, you maybe unknowingly releasing a non-native species that has the potential to wipe out native flora and fauna. There are many stories of invasive species - cane toads, snakehead gobies, zebra mussels, African land snails, and locally in Singapore, red eared terrapins and Motoro stingrays.

It is actually a very irresponsible act.

The animal you release may live but if It turned out to be a non-native invasive species, whole populations of other animals may actually die, altering the Eco system forever.

I remember i was faced with a similar scenario too.. I couldn't bear to see the fish die, nor could I bear to see it suffer.

after much consideration, i decided to release it back into the sea (of course, not just any spot along the beach, but a one where I had physically seen thriving reef life).

I thought to myself.. it could be because I did not do a good enough job of creating the ideal habitat for it, that it was suffering.

So I decided to give it back to a habitat created by nature herself. Perhaps the better environment could reclaim its health?

Of course, i know there there were risks too.

- that it gets eaten by predators

- that it cannot get used to the new environment.

but i thought, if it were to be eaten by a predator, hopefully the death would be swift & it would have contributed back to the food chain.

whether or not it can get used to the environment was a 50-50 which i was willing to take a bet on, in lieu of the possible advantages.

guess what happened the day I released it?

It swam on the surface a short while, probably a little lost, then quickly, dived towards the corals and other fishes as though it forgot its ailment..

I have never seen it so happy before..

I left the spot with a prayer for the friend, & a smile..

[Lance Ng]

Hi ethantang,

well.. yea.. Sentosa is definitely one of the places in Singapore where natural reef life is within reach. a few other offshore islands too.

actually there is reef life even just off bedok jetty at east coast..

[MadScientist]

In labs, they usually place fish in freezer. The slowly declining temperatures will render fish less active,then unconscious and finally killing it after. Fish are cold-blooded, they shouldn't feel cold.

[ethantang]

Hmmm... Do fishes have senses? As in do they feel pain etc??

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[MadScientist]

Technically they should. Pain is just a sensation to a possibly harmful stimulus. With that sensation comes a withdrawal response. Stress is usually followed by the sensation due to the activation of the "fight or flight" mechanism.

If you poke a fish with a needle , it technically acts like how a human reacts when he is poked by a needle.

The scientific community is still in debate with regards to this issue with recent evidence suggesting that fishes do have a well developed nerve sensory system.

[ethantang]

Wow.... That's really a huge bundle of knowledge there.... Thanks a lot scientist!! Btw.. R u really a scientist?? =)

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[MadScientist]

Wow.... That's really a huge bundle of knowledge there.... Thanks a lot scientist!! Btw.. R u really a scientist?? =)

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That depends on your definition of a scientist, haha

[ethantang]

Eh..... As in someone working in a lab with the space suits and mixing coloured liquid together?? Haha... I dunno.... Haha

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[inwear]

I would let it die of natural death....god only help those who help themselves...if it meant to go...it will

[MadScientist]

Eh..... As in someone working in a lab with the space suits and mixing coloured liquid together?? Haha... I dunno.... Haha

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Used to. Now sometimes. Lab coat though, not space suit for me, haha

[MadScientist]

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[Lance Ng]

Thanks iskay for the good reminder! indeed, if the habitat does not definitely already have the specie(s) intended to be released, the release might cause significant harm to the ecosystem, a good example locally is the peacock bass (pavon) in our reservoirs, threatening to displace indigenous species like the giant snakehead.

& yea.. there has already been plenty of non-indigenous, potentially "invasive" specimens which reached our shores, adding to the diversity & vibrance of the society. so perhaps there really isn't any good enough reasons to introduce even more!