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@ Wednesday, 21. May, 2008 – 07:36:56 pm
Goldfish babies are three months old now and growing, growing, growing. Well actually some are decidedly stunted and aren't getting anywhere, so I think I'll be doing away with those and sending them to the big pond in the sky. Sniff sniff. For the greater good of the others...
Dire quality, cameraphone, but looky, they getting biggy 
moltsplace
Pro 
soyunperdedor
Pro *glances down at bag of crisps*
Near enough, I reckon?
I sense I am the only person in the world excited by my fish 
moltsplace
Pro Yeah they'll do 
Well I have to admit I do get excited about fish as I used to do a lot of fishing and had some incredibly exciting times catching them (and putting them back)
I go over a bridge with a river underneath I'm peering down looking for signs of fish
soyunperdedor
Pro Yeah but but but //I hatched these//! They're my BABIES!
I don't think I've been fishing for about a year. Must be remedied. Love it!
Jenniebaby
You're going to do away with them???
How?
Poor fishies 
QueeneMab
Yeah, But then if they are not healthy and are suffering, but HOW?
Sniff too.
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Jenniebaby
Yes - you're right (again!)
Is for greater good...
As long as they get good send off, I suppose 
With small, tasteful ceremony and all.
QueeneMab
Secular or non denominational of course.
X
soyunperdedor
Pro Clove oil. Anaesthetises (sp?) them and sends them to sleep, then you put them in the freezer and they don't wake up again. Painless. I'll still find it incredibly difficult though.
It's best to as they are not going to grow, will probably die eventually from internal problems, and are a drain on the food and space available for the bigger fish. Ooh, get me, selective breeding!
scoobydoofus
Pro Apparently it's best to freeze them...
Jenniebaby
Best for who???
scoobydoofus
Pro All involved.
No, seriously (srsly!), they sort of just go to sleep and die peacefully, whereas if you flush em down the loo they might survive for a while and die a horrible slow painful death in all the chemicals and poo of the sewers.
The absolute most humane way to kill them is to cut off their heads with a sharp knife in one swift motion, but I never had the stomach for that.
soyunperdedor
Pro *Chants* clove oil! Clove oil! Clove oil!
I was debating a bit of decapitation but I'm finding it hard enough to cope with the idea of having to give them the relative luxury of falling asleep and not waking up again. Lucky bastards.
Jenniebaby
OK - that sounds good....
And then you sing to them, right? While they're dropping off to sleep.
Am a little concerned that you seem to have a history of fish euthanasia though - a chequered past evidently
soyunperdedor
Pro Clove oil first to anaesthetise them, then put them in the freezer once they're asleep so they don't wake up again. Freezing them without anaesthetic is an option but apparently can cause ice crystals to form inside them which is probably rather painful.
Gotta find me some clove oil...
blayka
You are a very good fish mother! I can tell they are happy in their huge tank (BTW- it really looks HUGE).
soyunperdedor
Pro It's only about 88 litres. It's barely big enough to keep one adult goldfish in. Try telling that to people who think they're happy in bowls 
makes me so sad. I definitely don't want to give any of my babies to pet shops 
The water is so clear it looks like they are flying.
Note to self, lay off the mushrooms.
soyunperdedor
Pro Au contraire, monsieur, pass 'em over. Ooh I'm getting all Eurovision early.
sweetymon
Awww cute fishies x
Chyna_Doll
Cute. But pity some of them have to go!
Tentativeplotfinder
It's very educational this blog reading malarkey... I never knew about such a use for clove oil.
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