Day 114-122: The dangers of using mercury thermometers

My experiences of using mercury-based thermometers.

EDIT:
To all the people leaving sadistic and/or ignorant comments: I did not know the cause of the deaths until about 6/7 days then i quaranteened all remaining fish (if you watched the video and read the subtitling you would know that). I did NOT intentionally pour mercury into my tank and then video the results (what person would do that?). I was a fishkeeper who was unaware of this risk, i posted this video to warn people of the POSSIBLE deadly risks of using these type of thermometers. There is a ban being put in place in EU states which bans the sale of these thermometers. If you want my opinion just use digital ones, they are far more accurate and there is absolutely no safety issue.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• marine
• fish
• aquarium
• reef
• tropical
• live
• rock

[cannonj16]

this is a cruel video man if you are noticeing a bad chain of happening DO NOT keep doing it! life is a precious thing to waste....

[boulehead]

@cannonj16 Comments like this are worrying inditements of the education system. Please read before forcing an uninformed opinion onto my video. Thanks.

[cndnborn]

That's great. Now how about you get into the tank and we'll see how long it takes you to die? Hmm?

[boulehead]

@cndnborn Do your hobbies include not reading?

[bnewton81]

what idiot uses mercury in anything? Was the pet store out of uranium thermometers?

[boulehead]

@bnewton81 Thats the point of the video.

[boulehead]

@JerryGiesler09 "you used the leaking mercury thermometer as an experiment for the porcupinefish to recover from?" I don't know where you got that idea from. It's both cruel and useless. Reading the description before posting an insulting comment might help you next time.

[ZenkoAce]

Guys need to chill, scientists make hypothesis and experiment. He came with a conclusion and you guys didn't. So make a VIDEO and prove him wrong. Dicks.

[Firethorn275]

your vid has been flagged

[cannonj16]

@boulehead i apoligize for misunderstanding i saw day 114 ect and thought you were doing this for months. and to have people look at discription you should post it in the video itself so people will actually look

[afaigen]

and what have we learned everyone? Dont fucking play with mercury or anything dangerous unless you know what you are doing... use gloves anytime you are doing something you aren't sure about.. in fact... go buy gloves AND a gas mask for 8 bucks at your local walmart. THEN do the thing you thought would be cool.

[wbfields]

To those who didn't read or just didn't understand... he said this was his EXPERIENCE using a mercury based thermometer... EXPERIENCE... not EXPERIMENT.

You obviously had a beautiful tank my friend... sorry that it turned out like that for you.