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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / June 2005what to do with culled fish?
hi i have tons of excellent goldfish books, lots of experts knowledgbe. but no one tells, what they do with young fish that is culled. when breeding goldfish there are thousands of worthlesse fish with deformations in body and fins or with wrong colors. the books write about "culling them". and after that? flushing them in the toilet? or do they use them as food for predator fish in another tank? i hope they don't sell this crap to pet shops. do they? every "serious" book writes about only 10 fish out of 10,000 are worth keeping, the rest is "junk". ok, the better junk can be sold, but what to do with the "real junk"? jo Johannes, For the most part they are usually sold as feeder fish, if they aren't too deformed. A friend who breeds Ranchus says that he uses his culls as bait fish for fishing. If the culls are still good swimmings they could also be sold as bait fish if goldfish can be used in your area for bait, some places they can not. In Japan, they grind them up and make feed out of them and feed back to the good fish or you can freeze them to kill them and use them for fertilizer for your yard. Like you said though, the better culls can be sold to stores for sale and you keep the really good stuff or sell the good ones for a premimum price, if you can get it for domestic fish in your area. Culling is always one of the hardest things for most people to deal with. Good luck. Tom L.L. ------------------------------------------------- > hi > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > jo > In Japan, they grind them up and make feed out of them and feed back to the > good fish or you can freeze them to kill them and use them for fertilizer > for your yard. Wonder when we'll hear of mad goldfish disease :-).  SignatureBNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever > hi > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > jo What is wrong with selling them as feeders to a pet store? Too bad you don't have a cat. I'm sure they would enjoy them. ;-) SignatureOm. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson > the books write about "culling > them". and after that? flushing them in the toilet? or do they use them > as food for predator fish in another tank? Just use them to feed your mature fish. Goldfish do feed on live food. jc Jo wonders... >every "serious" book writes about only 10 >fish out of 10,000 are worth keeping, the rest is "junk". ok, the better j>unk can be sold, but what to do with the "real junk"? The previous suggestions work. You could also keep some of the larger cichilds, I'm sure they would be happy to deal with your culls. Puss, Puss, Puss. > Jo wonders... >>every "serious" book writes about only 10 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The previous suggestions work. You could also keep some of the larger > cichilds, I'm sure they would be happy to deal with your culls. |
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