borillion_star
04/20/2014, 08:26 PM
I had an aquarium stored in my parents shed, it a ten gallon bowfront with curved glass corners.
I wanted to set it back up and I discovered my father had placed the container of Ortho defense max Insect killer in the tank. I'm going with the assumption some leaked out. I filled the tank with 4 gallons of bleach at 3% and filled the rest with water to the point of overflowing, I left this for a few hours in direct sunlight and will leave it out over the day tomorrow too, with a water jet in it to create circulation. Is poisoning still going to be a concern from the MSDS sheet?
Active Ingredients
.05% Bifenthrin .0125% Zeta-Cypermethrin
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY: Bifenthrin is highly toxic to fish and aquatic arthropods, with LC50 values ranging from 0.0038 to 17.8 µg/L. In general, aquatic arthropods are the most sensitive species. Bifenthrin has no effect on mollusks at its limit of water solubility. Exercise extreme care to avoid contamination of aquatic environments. Bifenthrin is only slightly toxic to both water fowl and upland game birds with LD50 values ranging from 1,800 mg/kg to > 2,150 mg/kg.
I was hoping the combination of the sodium hypocrite, and the sun's heat and UV that it would break down anything that may have dripped out of the insecticide container.
I wanted to set it back up and I discovered my father had placed the container of Ortho defense max Insect killer in the tank. I'm going with the assumption some leaked out. I filled the tank with 4 gallons of bleach at 3% and filled the rest with water to the point of overflowing, I left this for a few hours in direct sunlight and will leave it out over the day tomorrow too, with a water jet in it to create circulation. Is poisoning still going to be a concern from the MSDS sheet?
Active Ingredients
.05% Bifenthrin .0125% Zeta-Cypermethrin
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY: Bifenthrin is highly toxic to fish and aquatic arthropods, with LC50 values ranging from 0.0038 to 17.8 µg/L. In general, aquatic arthropods are the most sensitive species. Bifenthrin has no effect on mollusks at its limit of water solubility. Exercise extreme care to avoid contamination of aquatic environments. Bifenthrin is only slightly toxic to both water fowl and upland game birds with LD50 values ranging from 1,800 mg/kg to > 2,150 mg/kg.
I was hoping the combination of the sodium hypocrite, and the sun's heat and UV that it would break down anything that may have dripped out of the insecticide container.