pvc pipes venomous?
pvc pipes venomous?
Hey guys, today I bought 2 little nice pieces of driftwood and some pvc pipes. I was planning to make little caves of them, but a friend told me that they are lightly venomous? do you think it's not venomous anymore when I boile them? Geez I'm happy he said that, imagine that my zebs will be killed by pvc pipes
Cute ^_^
Your friend is right, sort of.
http://www.acereport.org/pvc2.html There's plenty of research reports and other pages claiming the same is this one. But that doesn't mean it will be poisinous to use as caves, or - I don't think they will kill the fish... but then again, why not use slate caves? They're readily available an looks good
http://www.acereport.org/pvc2.html There's plenty of research reports and other pages claiming the same is this one. But that doesn't mean it will be poisinous to use as caves, or - I don't think they will kill the fish... but then again, why not use slate caves? They're readily available an looks good
Hi mate, boiling wouldn't make a difference. the plastic itself maybe toxic, but the zebras would have to eat a large chunk of it for it to have any ill effects. the PVC pipe is non biodegradable, so won't break down in the aquarium releasing any toxic chemicals either. provided there are no rough edges for the zebras to start eating away at i can't see that there would be any problem.
just being picky now, but venomous is a term given to an organism that has a poisonous bite. i'm assuming you mean toxic/poisonous
maybe you could make a tunnel/cave out of peices of slate and silicone sealant?
Chris
just being picky now, but venomous is a term given to an organism that has a poisonous bite. i'm assuming you mean toxic/poisonous
maybe you could make a tunnel/cave out of peices of slate and silicone sealant?
Chris
Chris
http://fight-back.cage-n_aviary.info/V1/index.php
http://fight-back.cage-n_aviary.info/V1/index.php
I've made several 'caves' out of PVC piping for my pl*co's
I've also used a large qty of it to create the plumbing for my new 'river-tank'.
The tubes I use as 'caves', I've coated in aquarium silicone and rolled in 'small' gravel, and then I've capped the end with a small piece of slate.
I remember seeing a post on TFF where a guy had softened the PVC pipes with a heat gun, and then deformed them, to stop them looking like pipes !!!
I've also used a large qty of it to create the plumbing for my new 'river-tank'.
The tubes I use as 'caves', I've coated in aquarium silicone and rolled in 'small' gravel, and then I've capped the end with a small piece of slate.
I remember seeing a post on TFF where a guy had softened the PVC pipes with a heat gun, and then deformed them, to stop them looking like pipes !!!
andyj
Yes Lied, like these ones: http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/viewtop ... ight=caves
Looks much more natural in my opinion. Actually, I wasn't aware of the controversy surrounding PVC until you asked. I looked around a bit, and it seems PVC don't have a large fan base! When that's said, I'm in the process of rebuilding my bathroom from scratch, and PVC tubes are used
Looks much more natural in my opinion. Actually, I wasn't aware of the controversy surrounding PVC until you asked. I looked around a bit, and it seems PVC don't have a large fan base! When that's said, I'm in the process of rebuilding my bathroom from scratch, and PVC tubes are used