thermometer broke?

[j-man the skater-man]

my glass thermometer broke today and the little metal pellets used to wiegh it down fell free into the aquarium. will the beads kill my shrimp? or stress them alot?

[Daniel]

I'd suggest you try something like a gravel vac to remove them as long term they will leach metals-hopefully the metal isn't lead but the same as lead free weights as used in fishing( lead banned because it poisoned swans/ducks)

[Osiris]

it sucks! i've broken a few of these hence the switch to digital lcd's now instead. I've tried to find most of the lead balls.

[Daniel]

a note on themometers, the cheap ones are very inaccurate- I use a lab immersion thermometer from a home brew shop or digital one which showed the cheep aquarium themometers for what they were-junk

[icp]

Originally Posted by Daniel

I'd suggest you try something like a gravel vac to remove them as long term they will leach metals-hopefully the metal isn't lead but the same as lead free weights as used in fishing( lead banned because it poisoned swans/ducks)

would agree gravel vac usualy does the trick or just remove that hole section of gravel just incase. i have seen many of those break and it is usualy harmless unless the fish eat them

[icp]

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[leveldrummer]

i would get the name of the thermometer, go back to the store you bought it at, look at a new one, get the consumer help number off the back, call them and ask... most products have a "help" line on the back of there box.