Dropped a screw/nut in my tank

[Calireefer92]

Hey reefers a nut fell off my t5 mount into the tank is it gonna crash my tank. I tried looking for it but I have a 100 lbs of rock and 5ft tank with over 100lbs of sand

 

[Mr. Fishy Fish]

Sounds like a good iron source to me lol. I wouldn't worry about it personally. Paul B literally puts a hammer in his tank to rust for iron and he has one of the oldest tanks in the hobby.

 

[Calireefer92]

Sounds like a good iron source to me lol. I wouldn't worry about it personally. Paul B literally puts a hammer in his tank to rust for iron and he has one of the oldest tanks in the hobby.

It’s not gonna kill any of my corals or fish?

 

[fishguy242]

hi,don't see a prob with,but if helps you sleep better ,a magnet on a string

 

[Timfish]

Homemade GFO.

 

[rwreef]

hi,don't see a prob with,but if helps you sleep better ,a magnet on a string

I second using a magnetic to "feel" around.

 

[wonroc]

Get a magnet

 

[ScubaFish802]

The extra metal in the water wont hurt corals or inverts? Or does it release so slowly it doesn’t matter?

 

[SMSREEF]

You can test wether a magnet will work with one of the other screws that are similar.
Some screws will not be attracted to the magnet.

 

[WVNed]

Stainless steel is non magnetic.
If you do an ICP test you will see maybe weird levels of stuff like vanadium or tin that is in the steel.
One of my crabs pushed a large washer out of the rock work I had dropped in months earlier.