Be careful what you release

[dhmy2kgto]

An interesting article on why we should be responsible and not release unwanted fishies into our waters...

Piranha attack

[icefire]

think this forum does not even encourage releasing of any captive kept animals back into the wild no matter how small the fish/animal is..

[dhmy2kgto]

I noticed too, but just in case....

[icefire]

imagine 100 piranhas turn into 10000 piranhas in local waters.

[RonWill]

think this forum does not even encourage releasing of any captive kept animals back into the wild

You are very correct. AQ does not advocate using our waterways and reservoirs as dumping grounds for unloved, unwanted fishes, animals and/or other non-native plants, which might have irreversible effects on indigenous flora and fauna (or whatever that's left in our nature reserves).

It doesn't matter whether it's piranha, arowana, stingrays, flowerhorns, channa or guppies. If it doesn't belong there in the first place, keep it that way. Cull or rehome them elsewhere.

[felix_fx2]

The worse case when you can't sell them off is cull , rehome and my personal preference. Give to lfs.

Their exposure is many times more then you think.

[RonWill]

Felix, I would prefer to cull if what I'm raising is below par or acceptable standards. It's not that I don't value life but in the bigger picture of things, it is to minimize having someone using my culls for breeding purposes (and not recreational/personal enjoyment). This, I feel, will only deteriorate the quality of already-diminishing variety of fishes available to the hobby, most of these already lost their original forms from excessive in-breeding or manipulated to deformation, becoming balloon-shaped, long-finned or even glow-in-the-dark!!

...and by culling, please do it humanely. Make it quick and inflict as little pain as possible. Decapitate or sending culls to sleep in the freezer or recycle as feeders for larger, predatory fishes (at least it is food for somebody else). Try (and I mean, DO TRY) NOT to drop them in boiling water or flushing them down the toilet bowl.

Want to be a pet owner? Then be a responsible owner... this includes fishes. Of course, this is just my personal opinions.

[felix_fx2]

Ron, you know I'm not the breeder :P
But still, ballooned variants and neon injected ones just make me feel their not natural anymore.

Back on on the main topic, I would be very sad if one were to use the toilet bowl method of "culling" it seems so wrong.

I've only culled a few times, only swift beheading and iced water. No boiling water for me. Feel that 2 is instant death for them.

Edit: I have not kept anything larger then flowerhorn (juvenile 13cm long maybe) and didn't cull it. It died and my mom was very sad (yes my mom was sad and not me lol )

[dhmy2kgto]

Just an update to the report...

Cash reward for piranha caught

[icefire]

You are very correct. AQ does not advocate using our waterways and reservoirs as dumping grounds for unloved, unwanted fishes, animals and/or other non-native plants, which might have irreversible effects on indigenous flora and fauna (or whatever that's left in our nature reserves).

It doesn't matter whether it's piranha, arowana, stingrays, flowerhorns, channa or guppies. If it doesn't belong there in the first place, keep it that way. Cull or rehome them elsewhere.

best donate to some temples with ponds or sch ponds etc as there are people still feeding the fishes... there's a chinese temple in jurong west st 91(or is it 92, yes it's pretty mixup for that place address) for anyone interested to drop off their unwanted fishes.

[jonachin]

any fishes is it??

[Zoshie]

best donate to some temples with ponds or sch ponds etc as there are people still feeding the fishes... there's a chinese temple in jurong west st 91(or is it 92, yes it's pretty mixup for that place address) for anyone interested to drop off their unwanted fishes.

i think donating is a bad idea unless you have seek for permission from the property owner(s) to drop off any unwanted fishes. i know some people will just donate without properly informing the property owner.

it will be nice if you can check out the pond for the place you want to donate your fishes to, to ensure that there is someone caring for it. some places, they allow you to donate but don't care for the fishes, in the end, the fishes died too.

another point to note, will the pond will be overcrowded or will you upset the ecosystem of the pond.

[icefire]

i think donating is a bad idea unless you have seek for permission from the property owner(s) to drop off any unwanted fishes. i know some people will just donate without properly informing the property owner.

it will be nice if you can check out the pond for the place you want to donate your fishes to, to ensure that there is someone caring for it. some places, they allow you to donate but don't care for the fishes, in the end, the fishes died too.

another point to note, will the pond will be overcrowded or will you upset the ecosystem of the pond.

refer to " there are still people feeding the fishes"... and yep permission is always needed... for local there isnt much of an "ecosystem" for man made ponds :P hehe

[felix_fx2]

Temples mostly I see red ear sliders.
Can confirm the one you mention do take fish?

[icefire]

Temples mostly I see red ear sliders.
Can confirm the one you mention do take fish?

jurong west st 92 there there is a temple not very sure the name even though i live near there. there is a estimated 24ft by 24ft by 2-3ftdepth pond inside. currently most people who wants to release fishes will go there. however please ask for permission first as last time an idiot threw in a snakehead which nearly wiped out all the fishes in the pond.

[felix_fx2]

Icefire, thanks for the update details.
I laughed at the snake head part really hard. So ironic.

[icefire]

Icefire, thanks for the update details.
I laughed at the snake head part really hard. So ironic.

no problem pardon me for replying slowly as did not realised that this thread had new posts :P
uh yes just an update... the snakehead is still there but caged and there is a very big caged alligator gar also... there are peaceful monsters in the pond but i would recommend that anything below 12inches not to be released there as you do not know what happens at night in the pond... cheers guys!

[icefire]

Temples mostly I see red ear sliders.
Can confirm the one you mention do take fish?

And yes, the temple that i mentioned do take tortoise/turtles(not sure which is which lol) too. They have a separate small pond for them and daily feeding is given.