Flea infestation

[willygwak2]

So it’s a long story but my house is infested with fleas, and my dog is the main problem. He pretty much lives in my room specifically and I need to get rid of them. But I can’t because I have two reef tanks in my room and pretty much all bombs and sprays are extremely harmful to pretty much everything that’s in there. What should I do, also sorry if this is less of an actual reef related question

 

[Abominable Snow Crab]

Cover the tank with some plastic sheets and have the house sprayed.

 

[Mebbid]

I used a pet safe flea carpet powder in combination with VERY frequent flea baths and a commercial strength pesticide sprayed all over the yard... There were soo many fleas. I didn't have any saltwater tanks at the time, but my multitude of freshwater tanks didn't have a single problem.

 

[Fish Fan]

Sorry about your situation.

I don't think it would be a "cure", but one thing that might help is diatomaceous Earth. It's like a powder that you can find a farm and garden stores inexpensively, and it does a pretty good job at beating back fleas, but it's very, very safe stuff. It works by physically damaging the exoskeleton of the fleas, it's not a poison, per se.

https://www.petmd.com/general-health/diatomaceous-earth-for-fleas
Good luck!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Sorry, I don’t have any great answer. Cedar oil sprays claim to be safe to aquatic life, but I do not know if that extends to reef tanks, or how well it works for fleas.