Quickest way to humanely kill a small fish ?

[Angus02]

Hi,

I usually just give them a good hit but I got told the best way is to put them in a freezer bag (with water) and just stick them in the freezer until the fish just slows down with the drop in temp then eventually .........

Sound like an internal bacterial infection like dropsy or somit and this causes the eyes to protrude with the building pressure inside the fish.

 

[Reginald]

Nail it to a cross.

 

[tres]

You do realise this was proven not to slowly put them to sleep, but just causes them serious distress?

Be a man, jesus christ, and just put it in a bag and squash him. Done in a second.

 

[Azagoth]

I got told the best way is to put them in a freezer bag (with water) and just stick them in the freezer until the fish just slows down with the drop in temp then eventually .........

Surely without water would be even quicker considering it's a fish.

 

[PhillyDee]

I use a priest to kill trout and salmon when I catch them. It kills them dead pretty quick.

 

[The Badger]

Drag it backwards and it drownds

 

[KNiVES]

Slowly flay the skin off the fish, then nail it to the door.

 

[strudey]

It's been said so many times in this thread, freezing is a HORRIBLE way to die! Don't do it!

 

[aslco]

Does it blend?

Hahah eeww...in other news...put it in a sandwich bag and smash it, it really is the fastest way and no arguments about whether it suffers. Would you rather die by being frozen to death or just shot?

 

[Talbs13]

I once shot a fish with a BB Gun. He died....

 

[2blue4u]

shredder

 

[Ross1234]

I once shot a fish with a BB Gun. He died....

 

[gareth.e]

Get it drunk, laid and high on drugs...

Then stamp on it.

 

[Inazuma]

My fish also got dropsy a few months ago; it showed all the signs except for eyes popping out so I wanted to end it before he had to suffer that pain too Somehow, I couldn't think of any way to kill it instantly (no TO THE INTERNET moment)... so I simply took it out the tank and let it suffocate.

After reading this thread, it seems the best way is to bag and squash it. Cutting its head or breaking its neck would actually be nastier I think.

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

nail it on the head

 

[username]

All you need to do is get a small block of wood or simular and nock it a few times on the head. Thats what I usually do when trout fishing

It's a Neon Tetra you would have to accurately hit the back of it's head with a matchstick to have the same effect

 

[hitmanuk]

give it to the nearest Cat

 

[Dr.EM]

I assure you that won't be "humane"

 

[Talbs13]

Apparently if you play loud music in his face they dies instantly due to the sound waves sending shocks to the brain.... Maybe try that? Its quick, easy and painless.

 

[Radiation]

What you really need to do is break the bonds between all the atoms of the fish instantly, this would be the most humane way.