Hi,
During cleaning I broke the bottom off a mercury thermometer. Most of the bottom was still attached to the thermometer but a small piece of glass came off in the reef tank. This happened 3 weeks ago. I am having problems with getting coralline algae to grow. I recently have noticed a couple of small patchs of green algae so I have started to put some phosphate buffer in the tank hoping that this takes care of the green algae and promote coralline growth. could a little mercury that may have gotten in the tank from the thermometer also contribute to coralline not growing. I have zoanthids, glove polyps, and mushrooms doing fine and the zoanthids are multiplying so I do not believe that there is a mercury problem but wanted someone elses input. Thanks.
During cleaning I broke the bottom off a mercury thermometer. Most of the bottom was still attached to the thermometer but a small piece of glass came off in the reef tank. This happened 3 weeks ago. I am having problems with getting coralline algae to grow. I recently have noticed a couple of small patchs of green algae so I have started to put some phosphate buffer in the tank hoping that this takes care of the green algae and promote coralline growth. could a little mercury that may have gotten in the tank from the thermometer also contribute to coralline not growing. I have zoanthids, glove polyps, and mushrooms doing fine and the zoanthids are multiplying so I do not believe that there is a mercury problem but wanted someone elses input. Thanks.