Thinking about Painting the Fishroom....

[RandalB]

Hi all,
Have a quick question.

I am condsidering painting my fishroom/office/RO assembly plant/Computer Assembly plant/Blah Blah Blah.

My question is:

Will painting the room harm my fish?

I will be using an interior latex paint and can ventilate the area pretty well.

I know Latex resins give off toxic fumes when curing, but how dangerous is this?

Are there some kind of precautions I can take to keep the fumes out of the tanks? (Covering the airpumps,etc)


Thanks for any and all info/responses,
RandalB

[paulmat]

Randal
I painted mine w/o any problems at all. I just made sure there was plenty of ventilation and that was it.

Paul :guitarist:

[Aquatic_Design]

RandalB,
I am in the process of repainting two rooms, the hallway, and foyer. That's alot of paint and paint fumes. I haven't seen any problems with any of the tanks in the house.
HTH
Donna :)

[keno]

Maybe run some carbon on your tanks while your doing this, it cant hurt. ;D

Ken

[jeep]

Buy a roll of painters plastic and cut to length enough to cover your tanks, expecially if you're spraying. The fumes would probably be harmless if you're rolling the paint but I wouldn't risk it. Ventilate...

[daninthesand]

Latex paint is a must. Oil based would certainly cause problems.

Ventilate ventilate ventilate. ventilate. Oh yes, and don't forget to ventilate.

And when you're finished. ventilate some more. Covering the tanks is a good idea as well.

I recently painted part of my basement adjacent to the fish room. I had no problems using latex paint.

Daniel

[RandalB]

Thanks for the info all. It looks like the office is getting painted (Thanks A lot!)



RandalB

[gump]

Hey Randal, I just laid hardwood floors & stairways in my home and finished them with 4 coats of Urathane!! I just covered the tanks with plastic, ventelated as best I could. No problems to report from here. Funny, it drove us out of the house because of the odor, but fish were OK. Dust was also a concern for me as there was alot of sanding taking place.
Pierre

[jeep]

That's nice to know Gump. I'm preparing to d the same thing to my house and I was concerned...