i need help INSIDE the tank...

[stillballin145]

ok long story...one night 3 weeks ago, i woke up @ about 3 am beacause i was hearing barking and yelling. i looked ot the window to see 2 dogs attacking a cat. its been in the grass ever since then. i looked at it and all i saw was its skeleton. a buddy of mine told me that i can get its skull and keep it in a bucket of bleach for a couple days and it would get white and i can out it in my fish tank...i tryed it and yea its pure white.would anyone recomend not putting it my tank? ? ?

 

[fishaddict]

There was a post like this one a while agoe on fish profiles.com. I wouldnt recommend it though unless you take the right precautions. Stuff thats in your bones like excess calcium or some other stuff can leake out. So in short you might try to coat the entire thing with something safe, try another bone easier to coat, or take your chances. Ill try and find the article i was talkin bout but i think that answers your question.

 

[stillballin145]

thank you...please find the article

 

[geoffgarcia2]

throw it in..... forget treating it....

to many pussies running around (here and there it seems)

 

[Badplankton]

Make sure you wash all the bleah off before putting it in

 

[Scrumpy]

If your tank water has an acid pH ie less than 7 then the scull will very very slowly dissolve releasing assorted things into the water....but I can't imagine it would be a problem.
I might boil it a bit....and give it a good soak in some water with a good squirt if dechlorinator to make sure the chlorine's gone... then go for it

 

[Slacker]

Didnt you already post this once? Why didnt you try and help the cat?

 

[amishfignewton]

poor snuggles

 

[lightning]

we do deer head skull mounts like that, boil the head in a pot of water for about 20 minutes till the skill and meat loosens up, then take a high pressure hose <car wash> and blow everything off, make sure you get the skull cavities cleaned, the brain and all that goo inside the head has to come out ,, every little bit, then re boil the head in water with 40% peroxide gell <obtained from beauty supply store> it will be pure white, then spray some clear laqure to seal it off

 

[Skullburger]

doesn't the human body maintain as natural pH level of 5.5? If this is indeed the case, (and I imagine that a cat would be similar to a human) then slightly acid water would probably preserve the cat skull better than neutral (pH7) water....???

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong- I am no biologist.

 

[FroggyFox]

I started a thread asking if I could put seashells in my tank, and after doing some more research I'm finding that the seashells will break down and add calcium to the water, raising the ph.

SO does anyone know of something clear that I could use to cover the shell(s) with that would keep it from breaking down?

Lightning - that clear spray laquer stuff...do you think that would screw with an aquarium water?

 

[Somonas]

Yuck. People can't think of anything better to put in their aquarium I guess. cat skulls.

 

[lightning]

petsmart actually sells a skull with fangs, its called a jaguar head, it looks like an old cats skull, and comes in 2 different sizes, the small 4' one sells for 5 bucks and the large 8' sells for 9 bucks, the store by me sells out of them constantly you might try one of these instead of the real thing, im not sure about the clear coat being "safe' for the tank

 

[FishQueen]

Seriously... that's just gross... a cat skull... I would've tried to save the poor thing... but then again who would want to mess with dogs that attack a poor animal? Eww... I'd go with what lightning says about buying them from the store. That would mean it is definitely safe.

 

[geoffgarcia2]

come on people, the world is a better place with one less cat

 

[fishRmylife]

lol

 

[fishysmell]

Forget just the cat skull, throw the rib cage in too. That'll make it interesting. lol

 

[420Loach]

in this case id be more worried about karma than putting the cat skull in, call me a nut, but id rather not take the chance with my fish. do the decent thing and bury the remains.

 

[fishRmylife]

I couldnt put such a thing in my tank, everytime id see the bones itd remind me of how it died.

 

[lightning]

hey stillballin, here is a pic of the small skull i was talking about, my daughter bought it for her 5 gallon hex,