What do you do when a fish dies

[smartorl]

Just curious what others do.
Because I have extensive rockwork in most of my tanks and they are larger, established systems, I rarely remove a fish if it dies.
When I was breeding the ponies in smaller more delicate systems I did remove any that would die.
I have cleanup crews in place and find it odd those who will tear a tank apart to remove a fish and thinks its so bad when I feed dead fish and inverts to my tank nightly.
If I can get to the fish, I will often feed it to one of the nems.
I had a conversation / disagreement with a reefer at the lfs today. He was berating another experienced reefer telling him his system would crash because of a dead clown behind the rockwork.
I think if a dead clown dying in a 120 gallon, 3 year old system causes a crash, you had bigger problems, lol.

 

[meowzer]

LOl....I have an excellent CUC, so I don't worry about them, BUT.....I can not stand to see them picked at...SOOOOO If I can get to them I remove them..if not....I let the cuc have it

 

[smartorl]

If they are out where I can get to them and see them, into the nem they go! I don't want to see them picked apart either but I'm not losing any sleep if I can't reach them.
Usually the cuc has descended before the lights come on, lol.

 

[snakeblitz33]

If they are in a clients aquarium, I will usually do everything I can to remove the fish, so that they don't have to watch their CUC pick/eat them.
If I can get to a fish in my personal tank, I will usually remove them. If they are stuck in some rock work, I'll let my CUC have them. If it was one of my favorite fish, I would try to remove them.
When I get them out of my tank, I usually can't bear to just throw them away or flush them, so I usually bury them in a special spot in my herb garden.

 

[lynnly]

[pre]Is it OK to put a dead fish in an anemone?[/pre]

 

[travelerjp98]

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/388898/what-do-you-do-when-a-fish-dies#post_3432802
If they are in a clients aquarium, I will usually do everything I can to remove the fish, so that they don't have to watch their CUC pick/eat them.
If I can get to a fish in my personal tank, I will usually remove them. If they are stuck in some rock work, I'll let my CUC have them. If it was one of my favorite fish, I would try to remove them.
When I get them out of my tank, I usually can't bear to just throw them away or flush them, so I usually bury them in a special spot in my herb garden.
Seth, I do the same... when a special fish dies, I usually bury them in my garden.
I remove dead fish if I can get to them. No need for extra nitrates imo.
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Originally Posted by lynnly http:///t/388898/what-do-you-do-when-a-fish-dies#post_3441214
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Is  it OK to put a dead fish in an anemone?

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If you're feeding it, then yes....

 

[florida joe]

Just out of curiosity what do you think happens to them when you bury them in the ground.

 

[travelerjp98]

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Originally Posted by florida joe http:///t/388898/what-do-you-do-when-a-fish-dies#post_3441334
Just out of curiosity what do you think happens to them when you bury them in the ground.
They turn into more ground.... the cuc of the land world (worms, etc.) does the same to it as the sw cuc does in our tanks.

 

[florida joe]

So why not let the tank take care of its own

 

[btldreef]

By the time I find them, the CUC has usually gotten to work, so I usually just let them finish their job.

 

[travelerjp98]

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Originally Posted by florida joe http:///t/388898/what-do-you-do-when-a-fish-dies#post_3441349
So why not let the tank take care of its own
If I can get to them, I don't let the tank take care on its own because I don't need the extra NO3.

 

[btldreef]

If I can get to them, I don't let the tank take care on its own because I don't need the extra NO3.
I can tell you from experience that in an established tank with a proper CUC, one dead fish shouldn't really effect your nitrate. Unless of course it's a large fish, but a large fish should be in a larger tank, with a larger CUC.

 

[florida joe]

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Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///t/388898/what-do-you-do-when-a-fish-dies#post_3441356
If I can get to them, I don't let the tank take care on its own because I don't need the extra NO3.
one fish in a tank your size, NO3 is not going to be an issue

 

[mr. limpid]

The real question why did the fish die in well estasblished system?

 

[travelerjp98]

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Originally Posted by Mr. Limpid http:///t/388898/what-do-you-do-when-a-fish-dies#post_3441538
The real question why did the fish die in well estasblished system?
It could have been of old age. Fish, like humans, don't live forever..................

 

[mr. limpid]

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Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///t/388898/what-do-you-do-when-a-fish-dies#post_3441597
It could have been of old age. Fish, like humans, don't live forever..................
I dont think its from old age, he claims its a 3 year old system.

 

[siptang]

I usually give it a final salute in a porcelain express.

 

[tirtza]

I recently lost my LMB (I know that he died from malnutrition) I was very sad to see him go. When I discovered that he was dead, I noticed that there was just a small chunk of him left over that my two hermit crabs were fighting over. It was hard to watch but I kept thinking of that song from the Lion King "The Circle of Life". I think many aquariusts try and create eco-systems that mimic the natural habitat of their creatures. In my opinion, letting the scavengers (the CUC) take care of the deceased fish is the most natural thing to do.