cat hair

[badkjb2]

i know this may be a completely stupid question, but i noticed a few cat hairs im my tank today. i have one of those cat stands kind of by the tank so the cats can watch the fish swim around, and since its cat shedding season right now, i was wondering how bad it is for the tank?

 

[sinner's girl]

don't really know, i've seen my own hair in the tank before...i've picked out the piece when i could...when i couldn't I didn't worry about it.
though if there are any chemical (flea med for ex.) i'd do a water check, and pay attention to the fish. maybe move the cat stand away from the tank little?

 

[sheracr123]

I find cat hairs in my tank all the time. (We have 4 <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" /> ) They love to lay on top of the tank. I have not had any problems, but our cats are never allowed outside so they have no meds on them. If you have good filteration, it should pull the hairs out.

 

[ebeckels]

I get cat hair in my tank a lot and it has yet to be a problem.

 

[moby da goby]

Well, it's dog hair instead and it ends up all over everything. Anytime I have to stick my arm in the tank, I usually wash first but dog hari usually gets in. I just grab a fine net and go over the surface with it. Hasn't hurt anything yet

 

[rockster]

I have mine, my dog's and h*ll knows who else's hair in my tank, no effect whatsoever.

 

[blender]

To keep my cat off the fish I wrapped duct tape in a circle so there was some stick side up on top of the fish tank. When he jumped up there he got duct tape on his feet. Funniest dam thing I ever seen. The big suprise scared the crap out of him. I took the tape off him and he hasn't been on the fish tank in over a year. Don't worry it didn't hurt him.