deadly driftwood

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acerkai640

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So i work for a pest control company and the chemical we spray says dont spray around ponds or lakes that contain fish, but i was curious if i have only sprayed this piece of driftwood (at a customers house, til i steal it) a handfull of times will it kill my fish if i put it in my tank. i mean i just noticed this piece the other day and well i spray the house monthly (once a month) but i dont know how many times ive sprayed it. during the summers it gets up to 115 sometimes 120 and now the highs are around 90-95 for the next week. would i be able to take it home and soak it something or just water for a month or so changing the water daily, would that work. or does anyone have any ideas.....good or bad. thanks
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it might i would soak it and wash it alot ,then put it in a big tub and add a feeder gold fish or 2 in to and see how they do b4 i would ever put it in a tank ive used bleach to clean a few fish tank ortaments in the past and rinsed it througly and it never harmed a fish but never wood.. wood probly retains the chemicals better but if this chemical spray you use you have to re spray monthly i assuem it washes away just me .02
 
that was kinda what i was thnking but i was sure if goldfish were more hardy than the fish in my tank. and not knowing if they would die because of the chemical in the wood or just non-cycled water.
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Wow, no one sees a problem with stealing the wood from the OP's customer?

And I don't know what is dumber, putting your job on the line over a piece of poisoned wood, or putting the poisoned wood in your tank knowing that the container says not to. :screwy:
 
CHOMPERS;2362145; said:
Wow, no one sees a problem with stealing the wood from the OP's customer?

And I don't know what is dumber, putting your job on the line over a piece of poisoned wood, or putting the poisoned wood in your tank knowing that the container says not to. :screwy:

agreed thats what i was thinking
 
well the customer are old ppl that live in california and are hardly here so they would never notice it. and well i was just curious if there was a way that i could out it in my tank by decontaminating it first? if i bleach it, what should the ratio should be of h2o to bleach that wont be to much to leech out and kill my fish? thanks
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acerkai640;2362849; said:
well the customer are old ppl that live in california and are hardly here so they would never notice it. quote]

wow thats a very nasty comment. i hardly use my strimmer so does that make it ok for someone to steal it.
you should hang your head in shame, nothing more than a petty thief.
 
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