Re: NANFA-L-- euthanasia - Clove Oil

Todd D. Crail (tcrail-in-UTNet.UToledo.Edu)
Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:18:46 -0400

I whole heartedly agree. That's why I've shamed many a person into clove
oiling first. :)

I should have said "FEEL they don't get..."

Todd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Unmack" <peter.lists-in->
To: "nanfa-l" <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- euthanasia - Clove Oil

> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Todd D. Crail wrote:
>
> > "Much to the bane of some ichthyologists because they don't get the firm
> > color reaction or extended fins because the fish aren't struggling."
>
> I totally don't buy that argument, although I've heard it many times. My
> specimens come out looking just great most of the time in terms of their
> fins. Color fades anyway and I'm not really sure that dieing in formalin
> really increases color any. I'd like to see someone do some comparisons
> between formalin death and clove oil death to see if it really matters. I
> very much doubt it. Of course, if you store you jars of formalin in the
> sun / don't fill the jars up then your specimens are screwed anyway. I'm
> always amazed by how few ichthyologists actually carry their specimens in
> coolers. Once they get heated up for too long then you have just wasted
> your time as in the long term as they don't make good specimens.
>
> Cheers
> Peter
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