Fumigatng House

Discussion in 'ASAP' started by onecansay, Mar 23, 2008.

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  1. onecansay

    onecansay Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Well everyone, I thank you for all the input. Further investigation will be required on my part and I will definitely look into the liquid spray reef guru. Thanks tangster for the idea of pressurizing the tank. Of course positive pressure should keep things under control. I will indeed let everyone know my outcome. Have fun and stay out of trouble!
    some call me frank
     
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  3. BaxterS80

    BaxterS80 Pajama Cardinal

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    Me too, I am so paranoid about this kind of stuff. We do not even use room spray air freshner....
     
  4. reef_guru

    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    a friend of mine owns a pest control company and when he comes over to do my house the tank room is also done with no problems. what type of pests do you have to get rid of?
     
  5. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    You are kidding right ? You guys have to lighten up a bit I have read all the stuff about this and that and I used to smoke I smoked 3 to 4 packs a day on average and on a winter weekend I would blow through a carton. Had automatic air fresheners to puff out a spray every 30 mins and I still use windex to no harm as do many I know also Hell I had my Grandson to knock a whole cup of Latex pain into a sump the skimmer was not happy but that was that got upset.. :) I also run Carbon 24/7 to help with the oil slick the smoking and cooking caused on the tanks back in the smoking days :)

    I spray fly spray all the time when I see a fly and we BBQ alot in the summer and the doors are open alot the smoker smoke and fly spray has never harmed anything either . Corals and Fish are not the Nancy Mary's many would have you think. I don't shoot poison directly into the tanks on purpose But I don't spaze about it either..
     
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  6. onecansay

    onecansay Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Well reef guru, the biggest problem is some type of beetle that has encroached up here to Ontario due to the warmer climates we are experiencing. We are told they migrated from the south and seem to be active on the south side of the house and with warmth. We call them brick bugs as they seem to access through the cracks in the brickwork. Man, they are like cockroach, can't kill 'em the conventional way. While were at it it will also kill the big black flies we have. The bugs seem fragile as you can kill them with a small swat, but other than cockroach spray nothing else will touch them.
    I am taking as many precautions as I can. May just bomb attic and basement of two story house.
    some call me frank
     
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    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    if you have the outside of the house sprayed that will help. also, conventional sprays/bombs counteract the chemical with industrial liquid pest controls
     
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  9. onecansay

    onecansay Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Thanks reef guru. Karma to ya.:)
    some call me frank
     
  10. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    This is something that I have wondered about for a long time. I'm also about do for a tarp over the house(termites) and have pondered about what to do about my tank. Too much of a "pita" to move the tank around. In my case, they tarp the house and inject a gas into the house with a fan to spread out the poisonous gas. If I understood Tangsters suggestion correctly, I should basicly do nothing to the tank b/c the gas will not affect the tank.
     
  11. bmshehan

    bmshehan Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    This is what he first stated, I think he was just talkin about people overreacting on small stuff (which I am guilty of!!).

     
  12. BaxterS80

    BaxterS80 Pajama Cardinal

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    My motto is always "air on the side of caution." That's just me. I had a friend who had a horrible problem getting a cycle to complete. He was always reading high on ammonia, and one day he realized that his wife was using windex to do the coffee tables in that room. Well, go figure, it was the windex....just my 2 cent....