Any other fishkeepers out there?

GhostHunter_3

My husband flushes our tropical fisht down the loo or wraps them in paper or kitchen towel and puts them in the compost bin!

However if you have children and it is their fish I can understand how this may upset them, so why not have a little burial ceremony and wrap the fish in foil and bury them in a shallow grave placing a paving slab over the top to stop the dog. When kids are in bed remove the fish and dispose of it another way. That is what my parents used to do when my pets passed on!

H

Stardust

When I lose a gold fish I bag and bin it

frivolous_fay

GhostHunter wrote: »

My husband flushes our tropical fisht down the loo or wraps them in paper or kitchen towel and puts them in the compost bin!

However if you have children and it is their fish I can understand how this may upset them, so why not have a little burial ceremony and wrap the fish in foil and bury them in a shallow grave placing a paving slab over the top to stop the dog. When kids are in bed remove the fish and dispose of it another way. That is what my parents used to do when my pets passed on!

H

Wrapped in foil... dug up later... were your parents big fish-eaters?

ms.prong

We used to flush our dead fish...or burial at sea as we used to call it

lv1109

Ours just go in the bin in some kitchen roll or toilet roll. We don't have children to consider though and they would probably be upset with that.

I think the best ideal is the burial (to be retrieved later to avoid being dug up) and then maybe in the bin after.

ailuro2

Don't pout it down the loo, it chokes the filter at the water treatment plant.

I put any fish bodies (souls go to heaven, no soles pun intended) in the general rubbish. It does feel strange, though.

marshmallow79

Anyone else think that jack009's post smells a bit of a canned meat product???:spam:

beancounter1968

Hi

I would like to keep a couple of oscar fish and a cleaner fish but my limited space means that I could only have a tank of 190L. Do you think that these fish would be okay in a tank of this size? Thanks for reading and any advice given.

Phil

DKLS

A 190L tank should be fine, but ensure you have a very good filtration system, as Oscars are greedy and messy eaters, and will quickly foul a tank.

If you after similar friendly fish that you can hand feed, you could try freshwater pufferfish, they are easy to keep and very entertaining.

ailuro2

No, I have to disagree, oscars can grow very big (12 to 14 inches) and will also eat other tank inhabitants, so the cleaner fish will soon be sushi.

A single Oscar will need about twice the size of tank you are planning,(minimum 340 litres) with a matched pair needing around 500 litres (but more is nice:D)

While Oscars can be very interactive, they are also very prone to hole in the head disease, so need a specialised diet, the tank preferably fitted with an earth strap, and of course, are you prepared to feed live fish to the Oscars too?:eek:

They will dig in the gravel, and uproot any live plants you have, so bear this in mind when considering their tank.


I he you reconsider having the Oscars, as it would be difficult and also emotionally harsh to try to find a new home for them when they quickly outgrow their 190l tank.

Hope this helps.