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Alexwm125
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Oh no.....well this question prob isn't going to get a good answer but...are the fish alive? What did you do?
I love my fish!!!
I love my fish!!!
Alexwm125
Aquarium Advice FINatic
If they are either
TAKE THEM OUT!!! bUkcet bucket bucket
WATER CHANGES!!! Tons of them...
I love my fish!!!
TAKE THEM OUT!!! bUkcet bucket bucket
WATER CHANGES!!! Tons of them...
I love my fish!!!
SpaceFish42
Aquarium Advice Addict
How did it break?
mr_X
Aquarium Advice Addict
No problem. Nothing will be harmed.
PB_Smith
Aquarium Advice Addict
yeah, the mercury will bead up on the bottom and can easily be removed, plus it isn't water soluble, so no worries.
Now if the fish eat the mercury....
and where did you get a thermometer with mercury in it for your fish tank??
they haven't used mercury in thermometers for at least a couple decades.
was it silver or red liquid?
if silver- mercury
red-alcohol
Now if the fish eat the mercury....
and where did you get a thermometer with mercury in it for your fish tank??
they haven't used mercury in thermometers for at least a couple decades.
was it silver or red liquid?
if silver- mercury
red-alcohol
Gregcoyote
Aquarium Advice Addict
+1
Elemental mercury should be no problem at all, just siphon it out. Don't handle it as we use to as kids, we now know it can be absorbed thru the skin. But it won't dissolve in SW. That was a old thermometer!
"Elemental mercury is toxic primarily through inhalation of mercury vapors. It is only slowly absorbed through the skin, although it may cause skin and eye irritation. Elemental mercury droplets may be absorbed through eye contact. Ingestion is not an important route of acute exposure as almost no elemental mercury is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract."
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Elemental mercury should be no problem at all, just siphon it out. Don't handle it as we use to as kids, we now know it can be absorbed thru the skin. But it won't dissolve in SW. That was a old thermometer!
"Elemental mercury is toxic primarily through inhalation of mercury vapors. It is only slowly absorbed through the skin, although it may cause skin and eye irritation. Elemental mercury droplets may be absorbed through eye contact. Ingestion is not an important route of acute exposure as almost no elemental mercury is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract."
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