Silicon Carbide Fish Safe?

[BelldandyShanny]

so my heater has busted, and now there's this silicon carbide sand in my tank, is it safe to leave there or do I need to get it the heck out?
 

 

[BelldandyShanny]

I did a large water change and sucked up as much as I could.  Should be ok I think.  It was a new heater and I think it had a hairline fracture from shipping *shakes fist at amazon*

 

[coolie]

Can you elaborate on the Silicon Carbide and where it came from?

 

[BelldandyShanny]

oh it's the black powder that came in the submersible heater, damaged in transit and when I got it set up it cracked and spilled out in the tank

 

[CrimsonBoli]

Did the SC explode into fine particles?!

 

[BelldandyShanny]

it was powdered like sand inside the heater, it was in a tetra whisper submersible heater

 

[CrimsonBoli]

Oh yeh I've not seen that design before. Must increase efficiency.
 
IMO I don't think its going to leach anything into the water, and unless you have Cory's/loaches, I doubt anything will try and rummage thru it. However, if it was me I'd get it out of the tank anyway

 

[BelldandyShanny]

got most of it out, and the glass, just never had anything like that happen before.  I was just worried I'd have to do a total tear down or something