need help ASAP - PVC mishap...what would you do

I was just redoing the plumbing from my overflow to my sump (changing it all to 1" to increase flow...)

One drop of the purple primer dripped into the sump. It all stayed in the same area (you could still see it in the water), so i sucked it all into a bucket...

I have all the plumbing hooked back up and its ready to restart... but im scured.

Do you think that its an issue?

What should i do?

All thoughts appreciated.

Thanks,

 

If you got it out you should be ok--I have started pumps immediately after bonding. I believe it cures instantly. Even in water.

 

...that is what it appeared to do in the water....

Im gonna give it a go, I just needed some moral support

Ill keep you posted

 

You will be fine

 

Run some carbon and do some small water changes every few days over the next couple weeks. There was a thread concerning some PVC adhesive that may have cause some severe problems in the tank but I am unable to locate it, perhaps another responder can reference it before I can find it.

First and foremost, DON'T PANIC and DON'T DO ANYTHING DRASTIC. You probably have a problem that will require your attention to rectify.

And remember ...

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

 

As long as its the correct PVC glue it is fine. No worries

 

Or ...

You could be OK ...



Sorry not trying to cause a panic but I did see a thread earlier about some problems related to PVC cement.

 

If you wanted to, you could do the math, but even if it were liquid copper (being dramatic for illustration here) one drop in a 100 gallon system equates to levels approaching undetectable, I would think??

If I had to guess, one drop per 100 gallons would amount to parts per million levels--and I'd bet a cheeseburger it's a single digit number.

I don't know what that purple primer contains, but unless it's some of the most toxic substance known to reef creatures, I wouldn't give it a second thought--especially in light of the fact that you said you "got most of it" out.

Get on with it!!

 

Found the thread:

http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral-health/phosphates-killed-my-sps-74348.html

 

OK, I changed my mind and decided to do the math afterall.

It's accepted that one drop is 1/20th of a milliliter, or .05 milliliters. Converting to gallons, 0.05 milliliter = 0.000 013 208 602 618 gallon [US, liquid]. To be safe, the size of a drop can vary with viscosity or specific gravity, so double it if you want.

That means one drop is 13 micro gallons. Divide that into 100 gallons and you have, after rounding off: (approaching) NOTHING.