Chemicals In Your Home And Impact On Your Fish

I know that most of you are aware of these thing, but leading on from comments relating to scented candles in the home, etc., and considering the festive season is upon us, I just thought this article might be interesting for some.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/features/articles/2016/12/13/toxic-shock-the-everyday-chemicals-that-can-kill-your-fish

 

Good article; thanks.

I'm always aware of the polishing thing, always spray the cloth on the other side of the room  before I wipe over the wooden parts of the tank lid and cabinet. 

@Paddyc - good to "see" you; I actually think it'd be safer just to use a cloth with no spray on it for cleaning a tank lid.

Good call @fcmf,
I once heard of a design of gas fire that took air from the room for combustion (this is normal) but then extracted all the heat from it to the point where the water vapour condensed out to improve efficiency.
They knew this water would be slightly acidic so made the parts out of a good grade of stainless steel. What they didn't allow for was the use of aerosols in the home. All the contamination also went into the combustion process and each time it heated up some of the water evaporated until they were left with a concentrate acid (@Sue Hydrofluoric! instead of the usual weak Sulphuric and Nitric) which ate through the heat exchanger.

The comedians in R&D had a theory of groups of OAPS rolling around on the rug covered in Ralgex, I just hope they had a towel over the tank to spare the fish the horror

ooo - perfect excuse not to do any housework. Thanks Donna.