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> From: Alan Ford <aford at pcug.org.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Euthanasia (was C. bleheri)
> Date: Sunday, March 09, 1997 7:10 AM
>
> In response to the question posed by the good "Doctor Bruce".
>
> FWIW, I prefer to use a very sharp knife...
>
> As for the deceased! Well I do what nature does, I compost a wee bit O
> garden. :-)
>
> I am now expecting some of those from the USA to tell me I"m wrong <grin>
>
> Cheers
> Alan
>
>
> At 12:55 PM 12/9/96 +1000, you wrote:
> >We seem to be coming to a consensus that there is no consensus.
> >
> >So far we have -
> >1. A Coal grunter (or similar) for runts and deformities.
> >2. A quick bounce on the floor ( within a net or not) for the
> >not-so-squeamish.
> >3. Anaesthetise before freezing using -A. Hot water >50 C
> > B. Ice water
> > C. CO2/Alka
Seltzer
> > D. Benzocaine
> > E. MS222
> >4. Special treatment for big fish - wooden "priest", Doc Martins real
hard
> >etc
> >
> >What does everyone do with the bodies of their now deceased/diseased
> >ex-pets - hopefully the flush option still isn't taken?
> >
> > Bruce Hansen
> >
> >PS There are a few other items that "significant others" may not be too
> >enthusiastic over such as noisy air pumps and filters and of course live
> >food like tubifex in the 'fridge, smelly microworm cultures, fruit-fly
> >culture escapees suiciding into beverages etc etc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> By the way I realize putting a container of dead fish in the freezer
may
> >not
> >> go over too well with one's significant other, but I don't have one,
so
> >it's
> >> not a problem.
> >> Hmmmmm, maybe I just figured something out. :-)
> >> Brian Lang
> >
> >
> |__________________________________\|/___________________________|
> Alan Ford aford at pcug.org.au Canberra, Australia
>
> In caverns deep, the Old Gods sleep;
> but the trees still know their Lord,
> and it's the Pipes of Pan which call the tune,
> in the twilight of the wood.
> The leaves they dance to the Goat God's tune,
> and they whisper his name to the winds,
> and the oak tree dreams of a God with horns,
> and knows no other King.
>
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