Eva

I am very angry with the Hollywood Fish Farm staff in Albany for exposing me to harm when they advised me to use Furan 2 to treat my orandas and fancy tailed goldfish that were in a 300L pond when everything else they recommended was slow to work on a bacterial infection. I had never heard of this product before so asked before using it if it was safe to use and was it ok if it got on my skin as I would often daily pluck out by hand any leaves that had blown into the pond - they replied yes it's fine its a common treatment and they use it all the time. The cheap little plastic zip lock packets I bought had no symbols regarding what type of hazard rating furan 2 had and no safe handling information only a sticky label with the instructions on how to treat and how much to use. I had no idea how toxic to people this product was and HFF treated its use so lightly that it gave me no cause for concern or the need to google it. Within a day of using it I noticed the skin on my arm that had been submerged in the pond was quite red even though I had washed my skin well straight after clearing the pond of leaves after the 3rd day of this I had developed a couple of small swollen lumps on the inside of my arm that would itch and had been feeling mildly nauseous for no explanation this is when I decided to google furan 2 - what I learned was that its compounds are up there with Dioxin in regards to human toxicity, liver damage etc and that strict usage (hazard) quidelines when treating fish and handling this product should be followed and listed on buyers packaging. As I stated the packets I bought had nothing of this on them except for the dosing and treatment schedule and the staff at HFF when I had asked about it prior to use were very blase about the use of this product and treated it like it was a harmless fish remedy. Needless to say I stopped using it straight away and rang HFF and the New Plymouth importers that they had gotten this product from to express my anger and concern over the product and the potential for harm that users are exposing themselves to unwittingly (as packaging had no handling/safety labelling or informed staff selling it). It has been over a month since I used furan 2 but my arms up to my elbows and hands are very dry and still peeling - no doubt due to furan 2 causing skin corrosion as it breaks down human DNA. I no longer have any fish to worry about because within a few days of using the furan 2 they worsened rapidly and died. I caution anyone using this product (are those fish worth the risk) to find a human safe alternative. I wish NZ was more like the US as far as labelling laws go to protect the public from cowboy importers and retailers.

I am very angry with the Hollywood Fish Farm staff in Albany for exposing me to harm when they advised me to use Furan 2 to treat my orandas and fancy tailed goldfish that were in a 300L pond when everything else they recommended was slow to work on a bacterial infection. I had never heard of this product before so asked before using it if it was safe to use and was it ok if it got on my skin as I would often daily pluck out by hand any leaves that had blown into the pond - they replied yes it's fine its a common treatment and they use it all the time. The cheap little plastic zip lock packets I bought had no symbols regarding what type of hazard rating furan 2 had and no safe handling information only a sticky label with the instructions on how to treat and how much to use. I had no idea how toxic to people this product was and HFF treated its use so lightly that it gave me no cause for concern or the need to google it. Within a day of using it I noticed the skin on my arm that had been submerged in the pond was quite red even though I had washed my skin well straight after clearing the pond of leaves after the 3rd day of this I had developed a couple of small swollen lumps on the inside of my arm that would itch and had been feeling mildly nauseous for no explanation this is when I decided to google furan 2 - what I learned was that its compounds are up there with Dioxin in regards to human toxicity, liver damage etc and that strict usage (hazard) quidelines when treating fish and handling this product should be followed and listed on buyers packaging. As I stated the packets I bought had nothing of this on them except for the dosing and treatment schedule and the staff at HFF when I had asked about it prior to use were very blase about the use of this product and treated it like it was a harmless fish remedy. Needless to say I stopped using it straight away and rang HFF and the New Plymouth importers that they had gotten this product from to express my anger and concern over the product and the potential for harm that users are exposing themselves to unwittingly (as packaging had no handling/safety labelling or informed staff selling it). It has been over a month since I used furan 2 but my arms up to my elbows and hands are very dry and still peeling - no doubt due to furan 2 causing skin corrosion as it breaks down human DNA. I no longer have any fish to worry about because within a few days of using the furan 2 they worsened rapidly and died. I caution anyone using this product (are those fish worth the risk) to find a human safe alternative. I wish NZ was more like the US as far as labelling laws go to protect the public from cowboy importers and retailers.