How to preserve your Pleco: Formalin

[benny]

er... I'm not trying to be morbid here, but fishermen do frame up their prized catch in Americas/Europe. Does any one know of any company that offers such services here?

Cheers,

[Edmundo]

er... I'm not trying to be morbid here, but fishermen do frame up their prized catch in Americas/Europe. Does any one know of any company that offers such services here?

Cheers,

A very fresh idea...... i think sotong seem to know how to, but get the chemical is a issue if i recall correctly.....

[SoToNgMaN]

A very fresh idea...... i think sotong seem to know how to, but get the chemical is a issue if i recall correctly.....
must look for peckio's white stuff to get the job done .. :D

older days in poly ... I'll go borrow some formalin from bio students ... then use it for embalming the specimen ...

but prior embalming need to remove internal organs and drain it ... else it'll bloat ...

[lyh]

must look for peckio's white stuff to get the job done .. :D

older days in poly ... I'll go borrow some formalin from bio students ... then use it for embalming the specimen ...

but prior embalming need to remove internal organs and drain it ... else it'll bloat ...

Formalin I got... One big bottle now got no use for it already

[Titus]

Formalin I got... One big bottle now got no use for it already

Can Pass to me.. heheh Formalin good for Goldfish gill flukes...

I tried so hard to buy in sg and all hear formalin think I physco... :(

[lyh]

Can Pass to me.. heheh Formalin good for Goldfish gill flukes...

I tried so hard to buy in sg and all hear formalin think I physco... :(

Sure lah bro. They always got this thinking that overdosing a little will cause the fish to up lorry but they don't know how good it is.

Actually there is this diluted or something formalin for sale. It is from a reputable brand but I cannot remember off hand. The liquid is dark blue in colour when poured out. Anyway I pm you already and use cautiously hor. It is known to cause cancer. :D

[SoToNgMaN]

Sure lah bro. They always got this thinking that overdosing a little will cause the fish to up lorry but they don't know how good it is.

Actually there is this diluted or something formalin for sale. It is from a reputable brand but I cannot remember off hand. The liquid is dark blue in colour when poured out. Anyway I pm you already and use cautiously hor. It is known to cause cancer. :D
formalin with 50-60% ethanol hor ...

arboh later u see nothing hor ....

[Titus]

Sure lah bro. They always got this thinking that overdosing a little will cause the fish to up lorry but they don't know how good it is.

Actually there is this diluted or something formalin for sale. It is from a reputable brand but I cannot remember off hand. The liquid is dark blue in colour when poured out. Anyway I pm you already and use cautiously hor. It is known to cause cancer. :D

Yeah... thanks bro!!! I just keep for standby one. Btw, yours is how many % methanol?

The diluted one is FMG formula i guess (green green colour). Not as good as pure formalin I heard, so wanna standby and try in case need to.

If is formalin, relatively safe if use correctly. Apprantly carcinogic formeldehye fumes(spelling error) is made stable by the methanol/ethanol. Of cause dun use it to shower and drink... hahah.. Yamm Seng!!

formalin with 50-60% ethanol hor ...

I remeber is methanol. Is it same? I have one research article on it, let me go find and post it.

[SoToNgMaN]

I remeber is methanol. Is it same? I have one research article on it, let me go find and post it.
Dun think its the same ...

last time "arh kah qiu" with the bio lab students ... so they already have premix embalming liquids made liao .. so just grab a little from them .. put inside those "sour plum" containers ... done :D

But after some time ... the eyes turn white .. looks farnie .. so throw away ... *sheesh by right cannot like that throw one*

Younger days in malaysia ... indian star tortoise die liao ... chop all limbs ... use spoon scrap clean internal ... then put on top of red ant nest ... tomorrow come back clean clean liao .. then clean again ... paint with resin ... and buffer to shine .. :D

But pleco decompose very fast one leh .. those within 1 day still got chance I think ... those exceeding one day usually exo-skeleton become soft liao ..

[Titus]

last time "arh kah qiu" with the bio lab students ... so they already have premix embalming liquids made liao .. so just grab a little from them .. put inside those "sour plum" containers ..

Dun "Arh" till broken arm le.... hehe... u know "broken arm" means eh... hahaha....

Okie, here's the article on formalin. Informative :)

[Edmundo]

Dun think its the same ...

last time "arh kah qiu" with the bio lab students ... so they already have premix embalming liquids made liao .. so just grab a little from them .. put inside those "sour plum" containers ... done :D

But after some time ... the eyes turn white .. looks farnie .. so throw away ... *sheesh by right cannot like that throw one*

Younger days in malaysia ... indian star tortoise die liao ... chop all limbs ... use spoon scrap clean internal ... then put on top of red ant nest ... tomorrow come back clean clean liao .. then clean again ... paint with resin ... and buffer to shine .. :D

But pleco decompose very fast one leh .. those within 1 day still got chance I think ... those exceeding one day usually exo-skeleton become soft liao ..


so to say, pleco can oni be done by soaking in formalin? i like the tortoise idea..... diff from wat i was told, COOK..... :)

[SoToNgMaN]

so to say, pleco can oni be done by soaking in formalin? i like the tortoise idea..... diff from wat i was told, COOK..... :)
cook is from mark one lah .. but cook wont cause the shell to crack meh?

but my method the chop limbs and scrapping is done by my uncle when I haven grow hair one lah ... and its bloody messy + smelly ...

[benny]

Actually, what I was refering to was mounting the fish on a piece of wood, like what the fishermen do with their prize catch. I think taxidermist also do that to other animals for hunters.

Cheers,

[SoToNgMaN]

Actually, what I was refering to was mounting the fish on a piece of wood, like what the fishermen do with their prize catch. I think taxidermist also do that to other animals for hunters.

Cheers,
so u have fetish for "hanging pig heads" ahh?

believe in this case is "hanging fish head"

[Edmundo]

Actually, what I was refering to was mounting the fish on a piece of wood, like what the fishermen do with their prize catch. I think taxidermist also do that to other animals for hunters.

Cheers,

i believe they may have dried it like salted fish? stuff with cotton wood?

[SoToNgMaN]

i believe they may have dried it like salted fish? stuff with cotton wood?
how to stuff cotton inside salted fish ...

dehydrated fish will look wrinkled like yr LJ skin ...

dun tell me dry liao then add botox hor ...

[benny]

Maybe something like this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Large-Piranha-Taxidermy-Piranhas-Fish-TROPHY-GRADE-SALE_W0QQitemZ120174351304QQihZ002QQcategoryZ1469Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/MURRAY-COD-MOUNTED-FISH-HEAD-TROPHY-FISHING-TAXIDERMY_W0QQitemZ280164644042QQihZ018QQcategoryZ 793QQcmdZViewItem

Cheers,