The Texas State Aquarium is suing a company that it says supplied a chemical labeled as a parasite treatment that actually ended up killing nearly 400 fish.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports that the aquarium sued Fishman Chemical of Vero Beach, Florida, on Thursday in federal court.
The lawsuit alleges Fishman Chemical sold what was labeled as a parasite treatment known as trichlorfon, but what turned out to be hydroquinone, which is used as an additive to paint and motor fuel. The aquarium began to investigate a potential misuse of chemicals after the fish died last month.
A message left for Fishman Chemical was not immediately returned Friday. The company's owner, Dr. David Fishman, previously told KRIS-TV last month that the incident "really bothers us."
