-Jase
Todd D. Crail wrote:
> You can get clove oil at most any health food store or pharmacy and the fish
> just go to sleep... Much to the bane of some ichthyologists because they
> don't get the It's usually much less expensive at a health food store.
> There's no chemicals to clean up or worry about, and gee, it smells good too
> :)
>
> Todd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bonnie McNeely" <bnmcneely-in-sbcglobal.net>
>
>> MS-222 is expensive to buy. I did not know that Petco was supplying it
> free. There might be some liability concerns, because it is not without
> danger if unless used carefully. That is true of other chemicals that stores
> supply, however.
>> If you want to kill them chemically, I would recommend clove oil or
> carbon dioxide. Formalin is not considered humane by veterinarians, and the
> American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists recommends an
> anesthetic like clove oil, MS-222, or carbon dioxide before immersing fish
> in formalin for collections, if possible. Carbon dioxide does anesthetize,
> but it suffocates too, if too much is given, and the fish die with their
> mouths open. So, I'm not sure about humane, or even what that means with
> fish (see below).
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