Themometer broke in my tank!

IS there going to be problems?
Had a lead bottom, which somehow shatered so theres lead in the tank. Luckily i dont think mercury got in the tank, the red liquid statyed in it.
Theres a goby, 2 perc clowns, and an anemone. The BTA hasnt looked quite right the passed day or so, but eats.

Help would be great.

 

I would try and remove the lead as safely and quickly as posible. Lead is very heavy and should be able to be removed with a spoon or even maybe a turkey baster!
Remember to be safe though!!

 

I have no idea where the lead is. They're tiny lead balls.
I found my broken thermometer against my powerhead.

 

Any ideas on what broke it? I keep my thermometer close to my PH - sometimes it comes free and ends up against the PH. You've got me freaked out now!!! ;D

Good luck on finding the lead... :-/


Does anyone know of a "safer" thermometer snooop could replace it with? I know there are those sticker type thermometers but I've had bad luck with accuracy on those. There's also the probes... but that's a pretty big upgrade for a simple thermometer...

 

I'm not sure about the affect of a broken thermometer on the tank but I'm using a couple of cheap digital thermometers, I use 2 since they're not necessarily always 100% calibrated accurately. You can compare it to a glass as well just to see if it reads higher or lower.

I don't trust glass anything in my tank, this is pretty cheap insurance if you ask me.

Coralife Digital Thermometer

 

Coralife are pretty inaccurate, have you read the reviews on those things? This one is pretty cheap and seems to be a lot more accurate -

Rainbow Lifegard Little Time Or Temp

or if you don't mind spending an extra 15 bucks this is a very nice unit -

American Marine Pinpoint Wireless Thermometer (includes one sensor)

 

Accuracy doesn't matter too much to me, I check it against a glass thermometer and have two thermometers in the sump so I feel pretty comfortable with that.
I don't trust a single source for temp, no matter how reliable they are supposed to be. Getting 2 coralifes is still cheaper than getting one of those others and you don't have any redundancy/sanity checking.

2c

 

you can get a little digital thermometer
that are conected to a small probe on about 20 inch of wire inch in the water, you can find them off ebay and they are relativly cheap think mine cost 5 pounds and when compared to a glass one it is very accurate.

 

I just bought a temperature probe that connects to an Aquacontroller Jr. They also sell standalone temp probes that are more accurate than the digital thermometers. I also use those LCD sticker type of thermometers that you put on the outside of the tank. Maybe not so accurate, but it eliminates possibility of contamination.

 

The Mercury would be my greatest concern.

The lead (most probably) sank fairly close to the break site. If you are very concerned, suck out the surface layer underneath the break site and depending on the flow in there, the surface area on the pathway line of the flow.

If you really want to know where the lead is - Get a small Split shot sinker from a Local Fishing Tackle shop. Drop it from where the break site was (remember it was 2-3 inches under the water to start). Watch where it sinks to an you will have a better idea where to clean. The smaller pieces will have drifted farther but you'll get the idea.