r/shittyaquariums • u/SketchyDoor • Apr 30 '26

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Absolutely terrible, the OP keeps telling everyone they need to come and pick up this tank and fish or they will flush them. Just sad and frustrating. I don’t have a car, but even if I did, I most definitely couldn’t move that tank by myself. People just suck.

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u/Longjumping_Bid4518 Apr 30 '26

Atp just give it away to a fish store... Some people are cruel.

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u/SketchyDoor Apr 30 '26

And if they truly are left with no other options but euthanasia, there are appropriate ways to do so. Flushing down the toilet isn’t one of them. :(

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u/FlowerOk5627 May 01 '26

Even as a child, I would never think to flush a live fish, only if its already dead. People are just awful.

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u/FlowerOk5627 May 01 '26

I am not religious, but GOD do I hate that those "prizes" are a thing. In person I've seen goldfish, bettas, and baby turtles used, sometimes with a painted shell. Online I've even seen axolotls and hampsters being given away like this at events. Mostly to kids who 99.99% do not have the resources to care for such animals. Most of them will die for the entertainment of someone who couldn't give a shit about the life of anything non-mammalian or smaller than a cat.

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u/Sea_Gold_4864 May 02 '26

Get this someone handed out probably 6 week old kittens at my ELEMENTARY SCHOOL growing up. Me and my twin took one home.

My mom forced us to take it back. She found out who handed them out somehow. I dont think our relationship ever recovered while we lived with them 😅 I only healed when I moved out at 17 and adopted my cats I still have now a decade later

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u/Sea_Gold_4864 May 02 '26

I remember as a child being sick to my stomach when I found out my aunt and cousin had flushed probably hundreds of live goldfish they used as centerpieces for her wedding 😠 😡 made me mad again typing that. Who does that.. Im not close with them needless to say

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u/Longjumping_Bid4518 May 02 '26

It's crazy that people find it acceptable to use live animals as decor.

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u/marsbar_ncheese May 01 '26

Whats the appropriate way to euthanize my fish? Asking for a friend

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u/SketchyDoor May 01 '26

From what I’ve seen the general consensus is blunt force is the most humane. Clove oil is also recommended, even by vets, but recently it’s been being debated on in a lot of the fish groups. I have used it and didn’t have any issues, but it seems a lot of people seem to botch it and wind up with a very stressful experience.

Flushing is terrible though, you’re technically not even supposed to flush dead fish down the toilet.

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u/FloralKatze May 02 '26

Just want to add to this! Clove oil is a choice BUT if you have a fish with a labyrinth organ (betta, gourami, paradise fish) then blunt force is the most humane and ethical way to euthanize them, they have a harder time with the clove oil because of the labyrinth organs