euthanize fish?

[Samw]

Originally Posted by UnderWorldAquatics

I guess my years in the business end of this hobby have led me to not grow as attached to most of the fish I see dying, and I just simply put them out of their misery as soon as possible. Cervical dislocation, or cutting their head of in one quick motion works great if you have a heavy very sharp knife, and a leathered heart. Personally I have never agreed with the freezing method, always thought it was too long and drawn out. The MS222 works great but its expensive and I like to save it for tranport/surgery. Also I have used the shooting method with a couple of very large naso tangs and angels(high powered air handgun). And if the fish are smaller and I have predetors on hand, they dissapear real quick.

Well, it appears that your thoughts mostly agree with what I've read. To me its also common sense. I wouldn't go through that much trouble as well. I won't go to buy MS222 or liquid nitrogen. Massive blunt trama (sufficient to induce complete and instantaneous loss of brainstem activity) works for me. Is that what they call the trout method? Anyhow, yeah, the rock or club way is the way to go.

[Samw]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Boy I've learned a lot from this....I thought Euthanasia was just talking about the child population in China

haha. Took me a few hours to figure that one out.