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We have already thought about what to do with the fish after. There are only going to be 10 or 12 tables. We are going to be giving the centerpieces, fish in all away at the end of the reception. There will be quite a few children there and we are going to send emails to the parents asking them to reserve their fish. We have an adopt a fish plan. We haven't sent any emails yet and we already know where 4 are going to end up. Thanks for pointing that out. You do need an end game plan if you are dealing with living centerpieces. It wouldn't be a good idea for 50 or so tables.

Wow, what a great idea. Thank you very much. She is really set on floating candles, so I just posed 2 options to her. The first is your upside down bowl in a bowl idea, the other I thought of is to put a cylinder slightly taller than the bowl, inside the bowl with a single floating candle and put a fish and some water plants inside the fish bowl. I think I am going to buy one of each of the molds I would need and experiment. Thanks again.

Hi everyone, I have been reading this forum for quite a while but have never posted. I have learned a lot while visiting here. Now I have a question, and thought maybe someone here could answer this for me. I am making centerpieces for a friends wedding. She had an idea; I think it would be lovely, but I need some advise. She wants to use fishbowls for the centerpiece. The idea is to put some sparkeling colored glass pieces in the bottom, add a live goldfish and float a couple of candles on top. My question is do floating candles and fish mix . I have never made floating candles before. I am in the process of picking out my molds and getting ready to experiment. I have 6 months to make and test my floaters before I need them. I am not sure if they warm the water to much to put a fish in. I have never had a goldfish that jumped, so I don't think there is much danger of them getting into the flame. I am just not sure what effect the candles have on the water itself. A bunch of dead goldfish floating upside down would not make a very pretty centerpiece, not to mention the fact that I don't want to buy and torture a bunch of fish. I am hoping someone can help me because the molds I purchase will depend on the answer to this question. If this is not a possibility she wants to go with 3 tiered cylinder like vases with a floater in each one. The size and shape of the molds I will need is completely different for this. Thanks for your help.