Termite fumigation, what to do to tanks?

[ricomambo]

I live in a townhome and our association has scheduled a termite fumigation of our unit in July. Anyone has experience with this? Will the fumigation affect my fish? I have a 200 gallon tank with African Cichlids and a 60 gallon tank. I will be out of the house for 2 days during the fumigation, do I need to do something with my tank?

Any help or recommendation will be much appreciated.

 

[importracer]

Best thing to do is bring your fish to a local fish storeand have them take cxare of them untill the fumigation is properly done........

 

[krichardson]

Best thing to do is bring your fish to a local fish storeand have them take cxare of them untill the fumigation is properly done........

Good call..I don't see how effective the fumigation will even be since the termites are down inside of the wood,not on the surface of it and chemical will not soak down to where they are.

 

[Allan01230]

Good Idea! Let lfs take care of them and I would cover the tanks or drain them completly. Who knows what type of chemical they will be using.

 

[ricomambo]

Thank you all for replying. What if taking to LFS is not an option for me?

 

[nfored]

I fumigated my house this is what I did.

Shut down all filtration. Took the filter media placed it in the tank with a power head sucking water through the media and out to the surface to create agitation. I took plastic and covered the tank, then tapped it down with duck tape. Where the plugs for the heater and power head where I uses 3 layres of plastic and tape, and then used foaming insulation just to insure it was sealed.

I then removed everything that had anything to do with fish, or might ever have to do with fish from the house. I then fumigated and wated the exact time frame for the fumgation, and air out, then ran and opened the tank up.

No loss of fish, I will have to do this again next month, this was about 7 months ago.

 

[ricomambo]

Thank you nfored. I will follow your suggestion. Hopefully things work out.

 

[BODYDUB]

I fumigated my house this is what I did.

Shut down all filtration. Took the filter media placed it in the tank with a power head sucking water through the media and out to the surface to create agitation. I took plastic and covered the tank, then tapped it down with duck tape. Where the plugs for the heater and power head where I uses 3 layres of plastic and tape, and then used foaming insulation just to insure it was sealed.

I then removed everything that had anything to do with fish, or might ever have to do with fish from the house. I then fumigated and wated the exact time frame for the fumgation, and air out, then ran and opened the tank up.

No loss of fish, I will have to do this again next month, this was about 7 months ago.

Exactly. Turn off all filtration and cover tanks very well............

 

[David K. Bradley]

Exactly. Turn off all filtration and cover tanks very well............

What he said ^. It doesn't get much simpler than that. Make sure too that all of your lights are turned off too. It might just melt the plastic covering the tank(s).

 

[nfored]

What he said ^. It doesn't get much simpler than that. Make sure too that all of your lights are turned off too. It might just melt the plastic covering the tank(s).

You should take off the tank hood, they will make it harder to seal, idealy you just want the tank by itself for the smoothest fit.