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im sad she just died this morning, my wife and kids want me to preserve or embalm her body so we can put her up as a display in the house.. i bought some formalin aldehyde does anyone know how to inject this into her? and how?
first anwser-freeze it? i want to put it up on display.
second anwser-it wont fit in a jar its 3 feet long and very fat…i have it in an old baby tub and put formalin aldehyde in it with a lil water? how long should i soak her for? will she deccompose when i remove her?

developed ‘ich’ and to prevent this from ‘exploding’ in the tank to everyone else..I treated the tank with malachite green and formalin-raised the temp to 84 degrees..during the treatment another of the clown loaches got ich..and I had to do partial water changes after 3 day..as the first one still had it…and redo the whole treatment a second time..I have since done a substantial water change and am using charcoal to try and get the tank back to it[‘s good condition. I have gradually drop the temp to 78 deg Everything is going fine.except the loach that was originally ill. He was never as strong as the rest( probably why he got ill in the first place.). He tries to interact with the other loaches and does so intermittently..but spends much time on his own sleeping beside the heater…He has a good appetite-have been feeding him flake food, freeze dried shrimp, and freeze/d blood worms…but he is still very thin..Can I do anything else to get him to gain weight and be more healthy?
sorry –feeding him frozen shrimp and bloodworms…not freeze dried.