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06-06-2006, 09:50 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
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|  murcury poison from a broken thermometer?
In was cleaning the glass and the thermometer broke. All the little balls fell out. I scooped up as much as I can and the rest just mixed in with the sand :mad: Can the tank get murcury poison from the balls like people from a broken thermometer?
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06-06-2006, 09:56 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
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The little balls are lead I believe and gray in color. Certainly not mercury, which is a liquid and red in color. I don't know the effects of having the lead in the water but I would certainly just scoop out as much as you possibly can.
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06-06-2006, 10:08 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
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NO, but small water changes everyday should keep the lead level down. The biggest challenge would be the long term affect from low levels of lead in the water. | |
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06-06-2006, 10:46 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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Mercury is silver, not red. A thermometer with a red or blue indicator is colored alcohol. But yes, the little balls that fell out of the bottom are lead to keep the thermometer from floating.
Mike
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55 gal FOWLR, SeaClone 150 skimmer. 2" LS, 50# LR. 29Gal sump/fuge ViaAqua 2600 pump, chaeto, 1" sand, LR
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06-06-2006, 12:14 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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Wow, hopefully everything will be ok. If the tank is very matured, it will do ok. Just follow up on water changes.
I would completely avoid using those old aquarium therms. I would go with probed thermometers over those crappy ones.
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06-06-2006, 12:19 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
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Originally Posted by Michaelr5 Mercury is silver, not red. .....
Mike | DUH! thx for the correction  | |
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06-06-2006, 01:47 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
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The red or blue indicator didn't leak, the little balls came out. I did a 2g water change today, and will continue to do 2g water change everyday do keep the lead level down. I'm going to home depot to pickup a lead water test kit to see if any lead is in the water. | |
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06-06-2006, 02:34 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Actually, most thermometers nowadays dont use mercury. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
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100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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06-06-2006, 02:45 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Sounds like yor thermometer was one of these. 
And most therometers dont use mercury (bad for the enviroment and great for bomb switches)
"Chemical Treatment of the Water Source/New Water Source: Changing the
water chemistry may reduce the amount of lead absorbed by the water. This
may be done by adding a chemical to the water as it enters the building.
Methods of chemical treatment include addition of a phosphate inhibitor or an
adjustment to the water’s hardness. Another way to change water chemistry is
to connect to a new water source that is less corrosive, which will cause less
lead to be absorbed by the water."
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06-10-2008, 09:03 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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| Broken glass thermometer???
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reef Lover  In was cleaning the glass and the thermometer broke. All the little balls fell out. I scooped up as much as I can and the rest just mixed in with the sand :mad: Can the tank get murcury poison from the balls like people from a broken thermometer? | Hey i need some help?? my thermometer broke and i did not notice till the next day.. i then took out the balls with a magnet.. but now im concerned about my tanks health in the future. I dont want my corals to die on me please help!?  | |
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