Fumigatng House - Page 2

onecansay · 03-24-2008, 09:02 AM

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

BaxterS80 · 03-24-2008, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by bmshehan

WOW, I would be nervous no matter what precautions!! Let us know what you did and how everything turns out so we can all learn a lesson!!!

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

reef_guru · 03-24-2008, 09:31 AM

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I will definitely look into the liquid spray reef guru

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?

Tangster · 03-24-2008, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by BaxterS80

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

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..

onecansay · 03-24-2008, 01:37 PM

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

reef_guru · 03-24-2008, 02:23 PM

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

onecansay · 03-24-2008, 04:15 PM

Thanks reef guru. Karma to ya.

some call me frank

lunatik_69 · 03-24-2008, 05:03 PM

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.

bmshehan · 03-24-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lunatik_69

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.

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

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Originally Posted by Tangster

Seal it up tight with Plastic and Tape Tank and sump and get a good air pump and tubing and get the pump to a clean air location outside and pump in fresh out side air to semi pressurize the tank with clean air and that will keep the fumes out also from the Bug Bombs.. Make sure no water surface is exposed to the inside house air.. I had a friend to have to tent his home several yrs ago Termites and some other boring worm ? We used a small painting compressor to keep the reef tank under a constant pressure and as was fine nothing of any type of problems and his was tented for 4 or 5 days .

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Originally Posted by Tangster

Thanks I forgot to mention we also used outside air to feed his skimmer aswell just more air PSI to help keep inside out out. I'm startint to suffer
Old Timers Disease I call it C.R.S disorder (:

BaxterS80 · 03-24-2008, 07:41 PM

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....