Re: NANFA-- need help on preserving dried fish heads

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Mon, 21 May 2001 08:28:16 -0400

Yes. When I was ten, I would salt down my trophy carp heads, let them dry
in the sun, and then spray them with plastic spray. They kept for years,
until my stepmother made me throw them out.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 2:24 AM
Subject: NANFA-- need help on preserving dried fish heads

> I have a couple of fish heads that have been sun dried. They still have
> skin and it isn't going to decay off. I can't bring them in the house
> because they have a slight permanent odor. Any suggestions on how I can
> treat them so they still look the same but are sealed from further decay
> and odor? I don't want to put them in formalin or alcohol. I want to be
> able to handle them dry.
>
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
>
>
>
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