Brass fittings

[op910au]

We have a small pond with 2 reasonable sized goldfish which has been established for some time. The pond itself is fibreglass I think with a waterfall feature using two fibreglass trays.

I would like to add to the waterfall feature by using a large brass or more probably bronze tap, which is about 5 times larger than a common garden water tap. By directing the pump water through the tap and cracking it open will give the appearance of a tap dripping water into the existing trays.

My question is...will anything from the brass/bronze (eg copper, zinc or tin) affect the fish?

Thanks for any help,
Rod

[Daniel Morrow]

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> We have a small pond with 2 reasonable sized goldfish which has
been
> established for some time. The pond itself is fibreglass I think
with a
> waterfall feature using two fibreglass trays.
>
> I would like to add to the waterfall feature by using a large brass
or
> more probably bronze tap, which is about 5 times larger than a
common
> garden water tap. By directing the pump water through the tap and
> cracking it open will give the appearance of a tap dripping water
into
> the existing trays.
>
> My question is...will anything from the brass/bronze (eg copper,
zinc
> or tin) affect the fish?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Rod
>
>
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> op910au

One of those (brass or bronze) should be fine I think as one of them
was used for aquarium air valves in the past and should be safe I
think. Sorry, I don't know much more than that, all I can remember is
that bronze I think is safe, or brass, find out first before you try
anything, nothing worse than slowly poisoning your pets without doing
research. Good luck and later!

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