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Getting rid of fish
"old dirtbeard" wrote in message et... 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. You can try selling them, giving them away, asking a farmer if you can put them in his stock pond, trading them at the local Pet store or in desperation, putting them to sleep. 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). If it's a man made lake it may be legal. I really don't know - what is the humane way to deal with fish overpopulation? Thank you. Since we live in a rural area I've been able to find stock ponds on farms. But even that outlet is getting rare as farms quickly turn into subdivisions, Malls and Wally World stores. I have a couple of hundred GF and koi here I need to find home for. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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