Re: NANFA-L-- Whirling Disease

Peter Unmack (peter.lists at)
Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:10:25 -0500 (CDT)

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Todd D. Crail wrote:

> Best we could come up with was icing them down in a cooler of water
> and then finishing the job in the freezer once they were sedate (someone
> said "formalin" and I was like "are you gonna stand there and get splashed?"
> ;) Any thoughts about this?

If you are going to be putting down fishes go out and buy a little clove
oil for $2-3, put two drops in a little alcohol, swirl it a little, then
add about a litre of water, drop in your fish and they will be peacefully
put to sleep in about 5 minutes.

Cheers
Peter
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes
/ Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily
/ reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA,
/ visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are
/ consistent with the guidelines as per
/ http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get
/ help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at
/ http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml