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Getting rid of fish
On Feb 13, 12:04 am, "old dirtbeard" wrote:
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 I bartered fish for products with local Agway dealer here in DE one year. RM sorry it is time to quit the koi ponding, but I understand the work that can be too much. As for the snapping turtles can you say Terrapin Soup??? and nope, I'm not volunteering to catch and kill for ya!! Maybe you could grow your own escargot??? Good luck with your retirement, DH retired 18 mos ago and it is wonderful. We are doing more with the yard each year. Our pond is needing some work with the filtration right now, but we have some ideas as to easier ways to do it. Our home made filtration surely isn't state of the arts by any means, but had kept the koi healthy if not always visible due to algae since uv light died. If it gets to be too much, or when it gets to be too much it willo get filled in and planted with no9 regret for the happiness we've had from it. Son inlaw's brother had a koi pond so he can have fish and give away the ones he doesn't want. None of em are really good koi, and we're ok with that. We quit buying good fish when they kept dying and the cheaper ones didn't. They look pretty to the untrained eye. Happy 'no' ponding, enjoy your retirement. Nan in DE |
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