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	Can you preserve a fish?
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	Do you know how when people catch bass, or other fish, they have them preserved, and hang them on the wall? Well... lets say your FAVORITE fish died, could you have them preserved? Also, im sure alot of people here like fishing (I hope) where do you go to get a fish preserved?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
~ Sin ~ Mega Fish Posts: 1252 Votes: 28 Registered: 24-Mar-2003	Taxidermy's pretty common... & people get it done to all sorts of critters... & i guess you could get it done to one of your fish if you reaaaallly wanted to. ... something the size of a tetra might not work too well though Easiest way to find someone who could do it would probably be to look in the Yellow Pages... Sin
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	true.. i never thought of that. I figures that taxidermy was something differet than for fish. I guess im a pervert, but i think it would be cool to have my 8" clown loach, you know.. as a paperweight or something
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Captain_Candiru Enthusiast Posts: 233 Kudos: 298 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Feb-2004	I think the only thing that would make it a little sick was if you had a school of 8" clown loach paperweights.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
openwater Fish Addict Posts: 565 Kudos: 551 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2004	I know I couple of people that had large lake and rainbow trout mounted. One had a large laker mounted on piece of wood and then a smaller fish mount on the same piece. It look like the 20+ laker was chasing the smaller one. I know it is not cheap to stuff fish, I believe in my area it was like 200+.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
ACIDRAIN Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002	People actually do this regularly. I used to date a girl, whos dad was a taxidermist. And he was always asking me for pics of different aquarium fishes to he could paint the mounts he was making of peoples pet fish. And yes, all mounted fish are painted, as when they are being preserved, they come out completely white. So the taxidermists air brush the colors back onto the fish. Eyeballs are marbles. _____________________________________________________________ There is always a bigger fish...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	so they acually throw the real fish away then?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
ACIDRAIN Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002	No, they strip the insides of the fish, muscle, intestines, internal organs, and all, from inside, leaving just the skin only. They put this in a bucket of formaldihyde for a few days, then they take it out, and put the skin over a mold, or model if they have one, then let it dry, paint it, and mount it to something. Where ever the mounted part is to be, back side of fish, bottom, ect, this is where they make the inscision to take out all the inside "stuff". He actually let me mount several fish that I have caught while fishing. _____________________________________________________________ There is always a bigger fish...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	Have you ever seen snake heads or tarantulas in clear acrylic? I wonder how a fish would turn out. Mike
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Toirtis Mega Fish Posts: 1260 Kudos: 529 Votes: 6 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Freeze-drying also works well for fish as a taxidermy technique, I understand...but not all taxidermists have the equipment needed.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51


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