Guppy Eliminator

fshfanatic · 08-31-2006, 06:25 AM

Ah, I did a search and it is like a boost. They used to use it in soda..

**Ryzilla** · 08-31-2006, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Mori

I don't know "Basspro", but it sounds like it might be biased in a particular direction on the subject.

I'd be more comfortable with an article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal (which may in fact be their source).

Yes im sure it is biased, it is the countries largest bass fishing magazine. I remember them sighting their source under the article. I wonder if I can find it on my book shelf. I must have over a 100 bass pro mags. I once thought I was an awsome light tackle fisherman.

fshfanatic · 08-31-2006, 07:54 AM

I am a huge fly fisherman.. Nothing beats stripers on a long rod.

**Ryzilla** · 08-31-2006, 08:04 AM

not to hijack, but I like catching blue's on my 6'6" ultra light with 2lb test using my shimano spirex. WOO HOO, now thats fun. Give me a couple cigars and some diet pepsi, and ill see you in 12 hours.

fshfanatic · 08-31-2006, 08:06 AM

hmm, I have a 4'6" GLoomis Ultralight and a spirex...

**Ryzilla** · 08-31-2006, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by fshfanatic

hmm, I have a 4'6" GLoomis Ultralight and a spirex...

When I go out to the Chain O' Lakes in northern Illinois I grab my 6'6" medium walleye rod with 10lb test and my stradic. Catch mostley white bass, they fight for a second then you dont even feel like they are there. If I let my lure sit on the bottom and bounce it ill pull in channel cats. I still like blue gills over large mouth. UNHIJACKED

**DiabloCanine** · 08-31-2006, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by kunerd

Hey i told the wife not to get guppies but she wouldnt listen and now 6 onths later we have tons of them in all my tanks now. I have tried angels, GBR, and tiger barbs to thin them out but they just nip a couple and thats all. So with out having to get anouther bala shark that out grows my tanks what else is a good guppy thinner that wont overgrow??

A female Apisto with fry, it will be entertaining and you will need to pull carcasses, you will end up with a bunch of Apistos that are not much larger than a guppy.....DC

Canoe2Can · 08-31-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fshfanatic

I am a huge fly fisherman.. Nothing beats stripers on a long rod.

I first picked up a fly rod about four years ago, and I will never go back to any other kind of fishing. I think it's by far the most challenging, entertaining, and exciting way to fish. Now if only I could convince PA to lower their fishing licenses enough to make me willing to buy one again....

Of all the suggestions listed here, I'd say the best long term one is simply to remove the females to another tank. I started with six guppies about two years ago, and I can't begin to count how many I have now. And any predator I've put in there for population control has only done a marginal job.

**jake** · 09-01-2006, 04:12 AM

When my wife got into guppies, I just got them their own tank and made it clear they were staying in that tank. When it gets a bit full, I just take the guppies and give them to people I know with tanks, run them down the street to a place that sells fish ( not a lfs... you'd have to see this place to know what I mean, heh), and so forth. Lately I set up another tank and separated males and females, which should take care of most of that.

If euthanization is the course followed, I've found clove oil to work well as well. It can be bought at most of your scented oils/health type places. A couple drops shook up in a gallon container full of their tank water, and then just leave them in it. It'll knock them out humanely, kind of like they're being put under for an operation, and then you just leave them until there is no gill movement.

mrbelvedere · 09-01-2006, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jake

If euthanization is the course followed, I've found clove oil to work well as well. It can be bought at most of your scented oils/health type places. A couple drops shook up in a gallon container full of their tank water, and then just leave them in it. It'll knock them out humanely, kind of like they're being put under for an operation, and then you just leave them until there is no gill movement.

Not a good idea. The eugenol in clove oil will severely anesthetize them, not kill them. They are just in a very deep sleep. Once they are out with eugenol, a small amount of vodka in the water will finish the job, quite painlessly.

chaser · 09-01-2006, 06:38 AM

^^Vodka ?? what a waste !

The best way is this :

Take a icecream/tupperware container filled with water and put it in the freezer, leave it there till there is a layer of ice on the top(half hour).
Break the ice then net the fish and dip it into the water, almost instant death.

kzr750r1 · 09-01-2006, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by fshfanatic

How about a leaf fish? They are very nice looking and "will thin the herd".

All these ways to kill or knock out a fish and I still like this suggestion.

XenoMorph2049 · 09-01-2006, 08:18 AM

The way Ive always heard was just plain alcohol. Standard medical supply type found in your medicine cabinet. It is instantaneous. I believe I read this in either TFH magazine of it could have been "The concienscious marine aquarist".

As for a huter, if you have a good lid, maybe a African Butterfly? Beautiful fish and they eat the lil ones like candy.

**jhoetzl** · 09-02-2006, 12:15 AM

Golden "Wonder" Killies/Panchax - makes you "Wonder" where your fish went...

kzr750r1 · 09-02-2006, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jhoetzl

Golden "Wonder" Killies/Panchax - makes you "Wonder" where your fish went...

They too are hogs.

Nice live bait machines them guppies are..

08-31-2006, 06:25 AM	#16 (permalink)
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08-31-2006, 07:54 AM	#18 (permalink)
fshfanatic Banned (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,598	I am a huge fly fisherman.. Nothing beats stripers on a long rod. __________________ Ehfipimp #273 ( Eheim Classic - 2215, 2217, 2260, Eheim Ecco 2232, Eheim Pro II 2026 ) Fluval FX5

08-31-2006, 08:04 AM	#19 (permalink)
Ryzilla Advanced Algae Farmer (View User Tanks) PTrader: (52) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,878	not to hijack, but I like catching blue's on my 6'6" ultra light with 2lb test using my shimano spirex. WOO HOO, now thats fun. Give me a couple cigars and some diet pepsi, and ill see you in 12 hours. __________________ Peace, Ry I raise my sword in the air in the battle against clado. I have been beaten in this battle but the war is not over. As my wounds heal I amass another army, an army with many legs, an army of Amano's...... I thrust my tridant into the mass of medusa like staghorn. I am wounded but I refuse to take a knee.

08-31-2006, 08:06 AM	#20 (permalink)
fshfanatic Banned (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,598	hmm, I have a 4'6" GLoomis Ultralight and a spirex... __________________ Ehfipimp #273 ( Eheim Classic - 2215, 2217, 2260, Eheim Ecco 2232, Eheim Pro II 2026 ) Fluval FX5

09-01-2006, 04:12 AM	#24 (permalink)
jake I like pie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14) Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Clarinda, IA Posts: 700	When my wife got into guppies, I just got them their own tank and made it clear they were staying in that tank. When it gets a bit full, I just take the guppies and give them to people I know with tanks, run them down the street to a place that sells fish ( not a lfs... you'd have to see this place to know what I mean, heh), and so forth. Lately I set up another tank and separated males and females, which should take care of most of that. If euthanization is the course followed, I've found clove oil to work well as well. It can be bought at most of your scented oils/health type places. A couple drops shook up in a gallon container full of their tank water, and then just leave them in it. It'll knock them out humanely, kind of like they're being put under for an operation, and then you just leave them until there is no gill movement. __________________ Jake's Planted Aquarium Pages... a work in progress. "You have your way, I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." - Friedrich Nietzsche

09-01-2006, 06:38 AM	#26 (permalink)
chaser Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 24	^^Vodka ?? what a waste ! The best way is this : Take a icecream/tupperware container filled with water and put it in the freezer, leave it there till there is a layer of ice on the top(half hour). Break the ice then net the fish and dip it into the water, almost instant death.

09-01-2006, 08:18 AM	#28 (permalink)
XenoMorph2049 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NW Florida Posts: 132	The way Ive always heard was just plain alcohol. Standard medical supply type found in your medicine cabinet. It is instantaneous. I believe I read this in either TFH magazine of it could have been "The concienscious marine aquarist". As for a huter, if you have a good lid, maybe a African Butterfly? Beautiful fish and they eat the lil ones like candy.

09-02-2006, 12:15 AM	#29 (permalink)
jhoetzl Planted Tank Activist (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Scotch Plains, NJ Posts: 1,020	Golden "Wonder" Killies/Panchax - makes you "Wonder" where your fish went... __________________ Joseph Hoetzl North Jersey Aquarium Society

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