RE: cucarachas

[Sarah LeGates <slegates@yahoo.com>]

Dominic,
Most commercial pesticides (and most pesticides, period) are full of
things that will leave a residue on everything with which they come
into contact (all the better to kill the beasties, I suppose).  In
addition to covering your tanks as tightly as you possibly can until
any airborne pesticide settles, cover ALL accessories that may come
into contact with your tank water later: siphons, buckets, nets, etc.
 Otherwise you may find yourself accidentally introducing the
pesticide as you do routine maintenance.  I would also be conscious
of what you touch before putting your hands into your tanks for a
while after the spraying takes place--insecticides (for reasons that
I cannot currently remember, help me out resident chemists) are
particularly toxic to fish.

Good Luck,

Sarah LeGates

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dominic stones [mailto:apisto@planeteer.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 2:20 PM
> To: apisto@listbox.com
> Subject: cucarachas
> 
> 
> I must apologise in advance for this rather tenuously linked topic,
> but I
> need help.
> 
> My home has recently become the target of a cockroach invasion. It
> looks
> like my landlord is going to have to spray, and I was wondering
> what I
> should do to protect my fish. I called the pest control guys, but
> they were
> not particularly helpful. Has anyone been through anything like
> this? What
> did you do?
> 
> All of my aquariums are in my basement. They range in size from 2
> to 130
> gallons. Some are sponge filtered, others cannister and/or wet-dry.
> Are
> there particular chemicals they might use that would be more
> dangerous?
> 
> Since this isn't a particularly apisto-linked topic, please feel
> free to
> send me any suggestions etc at my email.
> 
> Thanks to all
> 
> Dominic Stones
> apisto@planeteer.com
> 
> 
>
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