Maybe you could find out what it is that keeps killing your fish, give them the appropriate treatment and then you won't have the problem?
I did, some new fish from the fish store brought in an ich outbreak and fin rot, which we bought medicine for and treated, which seems so far so good. But fish are not immortal, will die eventually and will need a resting place.
I'd get a shallow box, fill it with soil and grit and a big paving slab to sit over the top as a lid. Then get a nice big pot, fill it with compost and grit and plant mint in it. Stand the plant pot on top of the slab. When a fish needs to be interred, shift the pot, lift the slab, bury the fish in the box underneath, then put everything back to stop the local wildlife or the dog disinterring the fish. If the dog eats the herbs it will have lovely fresh breath. Hopefully the herb will disguise the smell of decomposing fish. Once a year or so, use the soil in the box to repot the plant and replace the soil in the box with unfished soil and grit.
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LOL at most of this thread. Wild Edge you are living dangerously!
If you really, really want to bury fish in a pot and on a regular basis you're going to need plants that don't mind having their roots disturbed or else a new pot every time a fish dies. Their rotting corpses will stink so choose ceramic pots that don't heat up too fast in the sun and are high baked so they're frost proof for winter. I suggest you wrap each corpse in a banana skin to disguise smells and add to the nutrient value.
Then grow zonal pelargoniums for mid May (after the frosts) to late September and replace then with some winter pansies, heucheras, trailing ivy and fill in with fresh potting compost. None of these plants has deep roots and all will cope well with life in pots. Just make sure the fish are buried deeply and that you use 3 parts John Innes no 3 to 1 part multi-purpose compost for the initial planting mix and top dress with blood, fish and bone at each seasonal change of plants.
Keep the pot(s) watered regularly, not just in dry spells, as rain is never enough.
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If I don't find it when the tank gets moved next year, then I will be perplexed!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
https://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-a-Goldfish-Plant
seems a fitting tribute....
I'd start a new "camellia seed pod " thread. This one's about fish.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
If you really, really want to bury fish in a pot and on a regular basis you're going to need plants that don't mind having their roots disturbed or else a new pot every time a fish dies. Their rotting corpses will stink so choose ceramic pots that don't heat up too fast in the sun and are high baked so they're frost proof for winter. I suggest you wrap each corpse in a banana skin to disguise smells and add to the nutrient value.
Then grow zonal pelargoniums for mid May (after the frosts) to late September and replace then with some winter pansies, heucheras, trailing ivy and fill in with fresh potting compost. None of these plants has deep roots and all will cope well with life in pots. Just make sure the fish are buried deeply and that you use 3 parts John Innes no 3 to 1 part multi-purpose compost for the initial planting mix and top dress with blood, fish and bone at each seasonal change of plants.
Keep the pot(s) watered regularly, not just in dry spells, as rain is never enough.