Goldfish

dfarrall · 7 May 2013 at 08:35

ThaReaperGuy said:
This is what we had to do with our terrapins in the end. We bought them from the place we gave them back too!

We get a crazy number of terrapins back, people buy them small and as soon as they grow they don't want them. Had to stop taking them in as we have so many.

d_brennen · 7 May 2013 at 08:49

MMMM... flame grilled terrapin in the shell

Danger Phoenix · 8 May 2013 at 13:31

So, Gumtree helped. Some guy came and picked up 30 of them for £2 each.

Still around 50 left though

PooBrain · 8 May 2013 at 13:34

Buy a fish bowl.

robfosters · 8 May 2013 at 13:39

So you had 80 fish!

Christ, are you sure it was a pond and not an olympic size swimming pool!

Danger Phoenix · 8 May 2013 at 13:42

robfosters said:
So you had 80 fish!

Christ, are you sure it was a pond and not an olympic size swimming pool!

The pond doesn't look that big (1.5m x 1m) and I weren't expecting there to be that many fish in there.

robfosters · 8 May 2013 at 13:53

Danger Phoenix said:
The pond doesn't look that big (1.5m x 1m) and I weren't expecting there to be that many fish in there.

Would be very cruel anyway to keep that many fish in a pond that size, so donating to local shop would deffo be best option.

TommyV · 8 May 2013 at 14:48

davido_labido said:
put them in a barrel, shoot them?

haha

413x · 8 May 2013 at 14:58

1m? That many fish? Amazed they are alive

I'd stick them on Gumtree

Round my way there is a Facebook page where local people sell mostly tat. But something like this is ideal. Just sell them for token amount

d_brennen · 8 May 2013 at 22:21

80 fish! How deep is it? 1.5x1m is basically a hole in the ground...

Danger Phoenix · 8 May 2013 at 22:23

d_brennen said:
80 fish! How deep is it? 1.5x1m is basically a hole in the ground...

I've never checked how deep it is :eek:

Got someone else who wants 20 of them and will collect tomorrow. Another person is coming on Friday and I hope they will take what is left.

Gumtree has worked out quite well and given me some extra spending money

arknor · 8 May 2013 at 22:24

are they definitely gold fish? and not koi carp or something worth more than £2

Danger Phoenix · 8 May 2013 at 22:26

arknor said:
are they definitely gold fish? and not koi carp or something worth more than £2

Not entirely sure... they are the same colour as goldfish (pictures here):
http://www.gumtree.com/p/pets/goldfish/1017715441

I'm not fussed what they are really... just need them gone as soon as possible

arknor · 8 May 2013 at 22:27

found your pond on youtube

EDIT: I can't tell from your pic's
do they look like any of these

d_brennen · 8 May 2013 at 22:46

Is that a menu card? I'll have a Showa, grilled, with wasabi pls

Danger Phoenix · 8 May 2013 at 22:47

Looks most like Orenji Ogon

d_brennen · 8 May 2013 at 22:50

Footlong specimens go for ~£75

Danger Phoenix · 8 May 2013 at 22:52

d_brennen said:
Footlong specimens go for ~£75

Oh well... I'm happy with the money I got, especially since the builders were happy to "dispose" of them :eek:

arknor · 8 May 2013 at 23:10

I thought you still had some left? up the price and readvertise if they really are orenji ogan koi carp no wonder some guy took like 30 LOL
I bet loads of people check gumtree for the uneducated selling koi carp as gold fish

davido_labido · 8 May 2013 at 23:12

the way i see it, the fish are only as much as you think they are worth....

they might be worth £75+ to some people, but to you they are a pest, keep them at the same price, someone might be getting a very good bargain, but your getting free money that you werent going to have otherwise!

win. WIN.