Broken glass thermometer

[Sushitheshiba]

So I’m currently seeding some rocks in a bin to add to my display tank. I just noticed the glass on the cheap thermometer broke. I tried researching online on what this thermometer is made of (the red jello like substance, black beads, mercury) but i can’t find a lot of info. So 2 things:
1) If the black beads are lead, what should i do now with the bin full of rocks?
2) IF the thermometer is mercury (i read it might be alcohol too), what should my next step be?

Thanks for any feedback

 

[Joshua2598]

A similar thing happened to a youtuber when his magnet algae cleaner got to close it. The beads are magnetic and I dont believe lead is magnetic. Use a neodymium magnet superglue to some string to fish out the beads. I doubt its mercury if its branded to aquariums. Also I haven't even seen a mercury thermometer in general for years [emoji14]

 

[Sushitheshiba]

A similar thing happened to a youtuber when his magnet algae cleaner got to close it. The beads are magnetic and I dont believe lead is magnetic. Use a neodymium magnet superglue to some string to fish out the beads. I doubt its mercury if its branded to aquariums. Also I haven't even seen a mercury thermometer in general for years [emoji14]

So does that mean when I’m done seeding the rocks, it’s somewhat safe to stick the rocks into the DT even if there’s a couple of beads stuck in the rocks?

 

[Joshua2598]

So does that mean when I’m done seeding the rocks, it’s somewhat safe to stick the rocks into the DT even if there’s a couple of beads stuck in the rocks?

Well the guy had it shatter in his DT... he didn't have any problems just his tank looked like a black snow storm

 

[Sushitheshiba]

Thanks @Joshua2598 ! Just wanted to make sure that I didn’t need to do an acid bath on the rocks or do extra rinses on it.

 

[JakeW]

Should be fine

 

[NewbieReefer11]

A similar thing happened to a youtuber when his magnet algae cleaner got to close it. The beads are magnetic and I dont believe lead is magnetic. Use a neodymium magnet superglue to some string to fish out the beads. I doubt its mercury if its branded to aquariums. Also I haven't even seen a mercury thermometer in general for years [emoji14]

By any chance does this youtuber own a corgi?

 

[Joshua2598]

By any chance does this youtuber own a corgi?

Yes that's him!

 

[Todd L.]

I had an oscar tank years ago and one got frightened and broke a thermometer just like that, didnt noticed till the next day. Just did a 25% wc, vacuumed up the glass and had no problems.

 

[Skep18]

I had one break in a QT tank. The beads rust pretty bad. I'd try to fish them out. Otherwise maybe add carbon to filter out contaminants.

 

[Dom]

I wouldn't worry about it. If anything does leech out, the concentration will likely be harmless due to the volume of water in the tank.

 

[KrisReef]

Use am Polyfilter for this kind of concern. Gl

 

[PapaWhisky]

The red fluid is alcohol. You can't get mercury thermometers off the shelf anymore.