Smoking and fish?

Hey guys

I know some people smoke that keep aquariums. What i want to know is if the
aquarium is running an air pump, is this dangerous to your fish?

My guess it more than likey is. Personally i am not allowed to in the house.
What are the risks? is there a way to prevent it from entering the tank?

What about other filters? Again any risks?

And how many actually do this? If i may ask?

Also, what other 'bad habbits' are hazardous to our tanks?

P.S
I think this is just general 'Must know' when keeping aqauriums!

Thanks

 

IMHO... nope!... smoking in the room with fish in the tanks cannot be harmfull to your fish (unless of course... you chuck the butts in the water... He He.)....

Other bad habits???... Drinking yes... I saw guys drinking one night, so (innebriated)... they wondered what a drunk fish would look like so poured a some wine into the pub tank.... needless to say... all the fish died.

 

haha.. i dont think it'll harm ur fish.. ur room needs to be FULL of smoke that u cant even brethe till they can have a proper effect on ur fish..

i thought alcohol was good 4 everything?

 

My fish showed signs of Nicotine deficiency when i tried to stop smoking once.



Seriously now,smoking in itself will not be harmfull to you fish but a cleaning agent's vapour like Mr.Min or similar can be very dangerous to fish.

 

I till hold the same opinion as in this post http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showpost.php?p=23188&postcount=2

Later Ferdie

 

Lol:blink1:

So all in all it isn't harmful?

Also, is there any type of chemicals that if hands are not washed when dealing with a tank can be harmful?

 

That's a good question TroyFish. I've always wondered about suncream? I wear it every day but make sure that I dont put my hands/arms in my tanks until after I've showered and washed it off.

 

ya hand cream is very bad aparently..

once my gf cleaned her tank with hand andy.. fish all died oh.. but this was when she was like 10 so thats kinda ok

 

Of course smoking is bad for fish, if you die from lung cancer who's feeding the fish?

 

WOW I have this bad habbit of waking up old threads, after 12 years of smoking I gave up on th 1-Nov-2012 08h00, using some medication to help and some will power I'm looking fwd to the challenge. The BIG BIG bonus is the money that I'm saving can now be used to get myself a 4foot tank, very excited, and to be honest my fish actually helped and encouraged me, before smoking, I would first sit infront of the tank and watch the fish, after 30min I forgot to smoke,which gave me the idea that if I can keep my mind busy with other things around the house and my new hobby then I surely can beat this very bad habbit. Any other X-Smokers that have kicked the habbit?

 

@squatty I use to smoke a packet of camels a day for 15 years. Have not had a sig in 5 years and will never smoke again. The trick is to break the habit and also you need some sort of motivation... Like a new tank.. I bought a new car with my monthly smoke money and knew i couldn't afford both so had no choice but to quit. Also if you don't really want to quit don't bother trying. Any case good luck .

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If there is one thing I hate it is driving at night to buy sigs, so if there is no sigs you can't smoke anything. Must say after 2days my lungs feel fuller, appartly after 24hrs of not smoking your CO2 levels in your body halfed, scary. The meds I'm using is Campix, the only problem I have is the sleeplessness (spelling) that comes with it. Thxs for the tips and support, will keep in touch for any other tips.

 

Been 'clean for 2 years and 6 months. Never felt better. Never smelled better. If your mind is in it to quit it will work. Best of luck and hang in there'

 

i used champix. it screws with your mind! got also the sleep problem and then got insane nightmares!

 

All the best dude. I used Chamix very successfully. Just watch your own personality and mind on the stuff. Its a mind altering drug... and EVERYONE reacts differently. NO two people are the same on the drug. I pesonnaly loved the effects... I stopped stressing about work and when people came to me with problems... I told them to catch a bus because I dont care and Im not here to fix YOUR problems.

The champix works great for the 3 months you on it... after that its pure will power. Your brain still remembers the craving. I sti get cravings when I smell a cig.

 

LOL, ja the weird dreams I can also second that. Thxs for the tips and support.