Broken thermometer

[MandM614]

Came home to a broken thermometer, doing a massive water change already, should I be worried?

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[MandM614]

Looks like my Flowerhorn banged it against the tank ans the bottom broke and the entire thing fell out the bottom

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[deeda]

I'm pretty sure the red fluid in the aquarium thermometer is just red dye and alcohol plus steel balls for ballast in the bottom to keep the thermometer upright.

Just make sure you get all the glass shards removed and use a magnet to find the ballast material.

 

[duanes]

Deeda is right, they don't use mercury like they used to.

 

[ShadowBass]

I've had a ton broken in tanks. They don't cause issues. They do leave annoying little beads everywhere that small fish who like shiny things seem to think are food...

 

[MandM614]

Luckily my flowerhorn tank has no substrate so I was able to get all the beads that already haven't (hopefully) been consumed

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