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Old 13-02-2008, 05:04 AM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
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Default Getting rid of fish

Hi all,

Perhaps somewhat tangential here, but within the subject line - how does one
get rid of fish? Our gold fish are reproducing at what for us is astonishing
rates. I would think that in another six months, we will need to cull them.



The term cull is used loosely here as we rescue rabbits from the animal
shelters, "save" bees that get into the swimming pool, catch and release
spiders found in the house, etc.



I thought about netting them and releasing them into a lake (we are in
SoCal), but that could be a mess. I thought about contacting PetCo and
seeing if they would take them for resale (I don't like the idea of them
being used as feed, though).



I really don't know - what is the humane way to deal with fish
overpopulation? Thank you.



best,



doug