mercury spill.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

if the liquid was silver its mercury

red or blue not mercury

did the spill look like the terminator 2?

 

[me_wee_todded]

proly not mercury.
alot of times now they only use mercury in lights.

 

[Sundew]

well, i was useing my useless ten gallon to store extra nets, and such. well, one thermometer Cracked. I take the tank and hose it down. I half filled it with water from the convict tank, and put in a heater and filter, to see if the tank was doomed. Well, luckily i discovered a few convict breeding pits, one of them with a fresh, guarded batch of wriglers, vibrating, but not free swimming. i figured they would make good knife food, so i took the runt convict, my scapgoat, and tossed it in the ten gallon. he has been in there for about 5 hours. Are the signs of a poisoned tank quick, or does it show slowly?

I think most aquariums thermometers today use alcohol or some other solvent for an indicator and in any case a good rinsing of the tank should suffice.

I asked a chemist about the toxicity of mercury and was told that metalic (liquid) mercury is not all that toxic, but some of its oxides are. Long term exposure to mercuric compounds caused the so-called mad-hatters disease, attacking the brain and central nervous system, causing fits. But like so many "dangers" today fear of exposure to a small amount of mercury is probably overblown.

"When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" The Robot (from Lost in Space).

 

[Jam17]

true

 

[mudskipper]

red goo, metal balls. i think only the metal balls got in

 

[johnptc]

red goo, metal balls. i think only the metal balls got in

the metal balls are just weights not mercury

 

[CHOMPERS]

The red goo is the alcohol/dye/polymer gunk. It is nothing to worry about. It is the non-toxic replacement to mercury.

 

[mudskipper]

Thats good to know. thanx