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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 1864147" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>Hey Bud, you are almost right. The pure O2 is not what sedates the fish, there are other chemicals added to the water that do that. The pure O2 is for the fish to be able to live. After all, they breathe, and give off carbon dioxide just like we do. And after 24-40 hours in a small bag, the O2 is about gone, and the bag stinks badly. Right off hand, I don't remember what those chemicals are, but I use clove oil for short term sedation. Mix a little clove oil with some EverClear. 90 proof so it will mix with water, and the fish go belly up in about 60 seconds. You can also use acetone, but I prefer not. Then you can handle, do surgery, what ever you need them calm for the next 5-20 minutes. Put back into fresh water, and they are back to normal in 60 seconds or so. The professional stuff though is very $$ and since I don't ship fish out, no need for me to have it.</p><p></p><p>That being said, any fish I sell goes into a bag with pure O2 so they will have plenty of air to breathe as it dissolves into the water as the CO2 gets released. But they stay just as active as they do in the tanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 1864147, member: 484"] Hey Bud, you are almost right. The pure O2 is not what sedates the fish, there are other chemicals added to the water that do that. The pure O2 is for the fish to be able to live. After all, they breathe, and give off carbon dioxide just like we do. And after 24-40 hours in a small bag, the O2 is about gone, and the bag stinks badly. Right off hand, I don't remember what those chemicals are, but I use clove oil for short term sedation. Mix a little clove oil with some EverClear. 90 proof so it will mix with water, and the fish go belly up in about 60 seconds. You can also use acetone, but I prefer not. Then you can handle, do surgery, what ever you need them calm for the next 5-20 minutes. Put back into fresh water, and they are back to normal in 60 seconds or so. The professional stuff though is very $$ and since I don't ship fish out, no need for me to have it. That being said, any fish I sell goes into a bag with pure O2 so they will have plenty of air to breathe as it dissolves into the water as the CO2 gets released. But they stay just as active as they do in the tanks. [/QUOTE]
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