reef MSDS and instructions

[jenglish]

Originally Posted by icebear

Did we ever find out what Flatworm eXit was made from? TD Wyatt and Doug were trying to find out for me when i was prego and battling a FW plague... i think the conclusion was to not allow it to come into contact with my skin at all, to play it as safely as possible.

it would be good to know more about 'pesticides' like those

I don't know how much similarity there is between marine and terrestrial pesticides. I have done both lawn care and commercial pest control and if I were to speak in generalities (always dangerous) herbicides are relatively safe. Most insecticides used in pest control are nerve agents. Human nerve and insect nerve are pretty similar. You were not allowed to tell people a chemical was "safe". Its not safe it's poison. It was however "approved for this use." I tend to view marine products the same way that things meant to kill animals are probably in low enough dosages to not harm you but it is better to be safe.

[Fat Tony]

Potassium Permanganate, for treating Montipora Eating Nudibranchs

This particular MSDS is for 90-100% strength KMnO4 in dry form with a molar weight of 158.03. This can be ordered from The Science Company in "Lab Grade" dry form but is a hazardous material to be handled cautiously.

http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/p6005.htm

[Chops29]

Wow awesome thread thank you I've been wondering about this kind of stuff.