is this safe?

[Neervana]

i have something to put in my tank, but im not sure what it contains - possibly zinc, tin or iron based. is this dangerous to fish and plants?

 

[Satan's Goldfish]

Probably. What is it?

 

[peewee]

what will you put in your tank if you don't mind.

 

[kdrun76]

Fresh or salt water tank?

Those metals are not very water soluble and are reasonably stable if fresh water, but will corrode in salt water.

If you do weekly 50% changes, in freshwater those metals will not accumulate enough to bother fish. (Inverts are another ball of wax all together.)

I would not put those metals in a salt water tank.

 

[Neervana]

Its just an idea I had for some artificial planting i wanted to use but it has metal wiring involved in it which the supplier couldn't be sure exactly what metal it was.

Ps. Its for freshwater

 

[peewee]

it's a risk.

 

[kdrun76]

I would be more concerned about the dyes used on the artificial plants.

Iron oxidizes and will rust out, but in fresh water that will happen slowly. Like I said, if you do weekly 50% water changes the dissolved metals can't possible accumulate enough to be an issue for vertebrates.

Are there any inverts in the tank? Snails, shrimp, mussels?

 

[Neervana]

there will be cherry shrimp, apple snails and other things added to it. so i should say yes.

bump for my thread

 

[Neervana]

ttt

 

[mgk]

it probably wont matter.