>Hi Deanne (and others),
>
>just for reference - according to Encyclopaedia Brittanica, as little as
>2.5 milligrams per litre of Chlorine gas will cause death in humans in
>minutes. This is the GAS, in AIR, but I think you get my drift - please be
>careful, good rainbowfolks like yourself don't grow on trees and we'd hate
>to lose you! :)
Yes, good advice and you should be careful using chlorine treatment in a
small fishroom as the chlorine will volatilize into the air so open any
windows in the fishroom. Fumes have been known to kill fish in adjacent
tanks. The same applies if the tanks are situated in the house.
Adrian.
Adrian R. Tappin
Brisbane, Australia.
"Home of the Rainbowfish"
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm