Does it say how long to let it cure before it is aquarium safe?.
Harry
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From: Al Keep <al_keep_fish@yahoo.com>
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:31 PM
Subject: [AquaticLife] More slaughter. :-(>>>
Ya more; anyone remember that song from the old Hee Haw t.v. show?.... the song went "gloom, despair, and agony on me"... sorry if you'll be singing that the rest of the day now. :-)>>>
My little 10 gallon beside the bed; I set it all up perfectly; put a platy in; two days later... dead. I thought, "well it's cycling, and the poor dear may not have been the best stock. Well strike one.
Off I go to my not so l.f.s. In goes the next victim; and two hours later.... dead... two hours!
Hmmmm; "I'll test the things it shouldn't be", I think.
I get to the P.H. of my water that has always exited the tap perfectly neutral, and bingo, unbelievably acidic.
I was at a loss, scratching my head for a couple days, when I wonder if, no it couldn't be, but no, it says in big letters on the tube of silicone that I used, "Aquarium safe" So that couldn't be it, Home Hardware wouldn't lie to me would they?
So I get out my magnifying glass for the small print...
"contains methyltriacetoxy silane" ... on to the google I go...
As it turns out, when that stuff is in water, it releases acetic acid, and is toxic to fish. Thanks a lot Home Hardware; good luck to me getting any money back for expenses, or even getting them to admit they are full of it; a big chain like that.... and the tube only says "made for them."
So opinions please....
New tank.. $20... no biggie... its more the time and work... and the fish.
The gravel is new however, and is an hour and a half away to get more.
I'm thinking that I should be ok to just replace the tank, and rinse out the filter and gravel.
Sound reasonable?
Thanks.
Al.
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