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A question first is it only one room that is being done?
If so just remove all the fish and as much water as possible and place the water and fish into plactic containers. Do this as far as possible away from the room as possible. I would do a bit more resarch on that pesticide, double check how long it stays in all the furniture, floor coverings etc.

There are plenty of pesticides around that are not as dangerous as that.

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the air pump is in a seperate cabinet so that would have to stay off, im sure i can manage to wrap the tank enough to seal it.
hopefully i can avoid having to do it but thanks for the advice.

If you wrap the tank well, no fumes will be sucked by the air pump.
No fumes will get between the water line & the top cover of the tank & so they wouldn't get into the water.


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Wouldn't the air pump just suck the fumes directly into the water? Unless you go out and by like, twenty feet of airline tubing and extend the air pump to the next room...

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Whats the inhabitants? If it is practical to lower the water line, do so - allowing more atmospheric air, or the fish can suffocate otherwise. Then saran wrap the tank like said. If it is possible to set up a small tank, do so, and move the fish to that tank in another room.

Turning on pumps/filters other than canisters can bring the fumes into the water.

Wrap the tank with plastic & make sure that no air can come in. I think it's better to leave the air pump going.


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seran wrap, glad cling wrap,pastic wrap works really good and leave on till the next day . turn off air pumps, wrap filters. use tape.
works for me!
why just the one room?

Last edited by whodini at 13-Nov-2005 05:15

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