[snoopdog]

I have a Pearly Jawfish that I guess has gone blind. I noticed he started getting skinny and hovering at the top of the water. After observing him for a few weeks I think he must be blind. He can only "smell" his food and eat it. I have fattened him up by basically overfeeding the tank but this cannot go on for long as it will cause problems. So what do I do ? All other inhabitants are fine. There are no visible signs of stress to the fish.

[bongobrian]

I'd say if you can still get him to eat, then keep him till the end bro!

[CaptainK]

I have heard that if you do want to do the "right" hing that a good way to do it is this.
Put your fish in a ziplock bag with some water and then put it in the freezer. If I remember corerctly the fishes body will slow down and it will basically just go to sleep.

HTH,
CaptK

[organicreefer]

freezing to death sounds slow and horrible to me,if you want him to go quick just smash him with a hammer....

how about giving him to someone with a lion?


but really i agree with bongo,cant you hand feed him ,so you dont have to over feed?

[bongobrian]

It seems as though I have heard of the "freezing" technique before as well. Since fish are cold blooded, their bodies should slowly adapt to the surrounding water. Whether it tortures them or not, I am not sure. If it were me, I would try to keep him around as long as possible.

[newreefman1]

Organic...I actually agree with you as violent as it sounds.
Everyone talks about freezing to death. I dont care if it slows their metabolism down would you want to be frozen to death?????????

IM sure it cant feel good. I would think....say dropping a brick on it from the room would be quick and painless or putting it in a bag under your back tire and whammo...I was just thinking of the most painless and quickest ways one day as I was debating putting down a yellow tang...but alas..in a rock working frenzy, the tang went nutso and virtually killed itself..what a shame really.

As for the jawfish, sorry to hear about it. To be honest, I agree that if its still eating, let it be. Hell I had a blind dog that ate and we kept it till it died(which was about 5 years after it went blind). I couldnt imagine putting it down for that reason. If it becomes sickly and knocking on deaths door though, it probably is best to put it down.

HTH
j

[organicreefer]

i think that m moe said the humane way to kill a fish is to chop his head off with large pair of sharp snips

"remember the number one rule in shop safety is youre safety glasses" - n.peterson

[newreefman1]

yeah that severs the spinal column..But dude....I couldnt do that...its way too nasty

[organicreefer]

youre just a double bag and crush kinda guy -thats cool too

[newreefman1]

lol Ive never had to do it....but i would if I had to.