rubber band would it cause any damage?

[jceli728]

hello guys,


The questions is stupid but I'm a little worried.  While I was replacing the pc bulbs of my refugium one of the rubber bands the pulls the clips together to hold the pc bulb fell into my sump and got sucked by my returned pump.

I looked for it every where in the main tank and can't find it, it might be behind my LR.  If I leave it there would it be fine or would the rubber band melt with the salt water and cause any damage or worst kill my coral and fish?

 

[onefish2fish]

im not 100% positive but dont people use rubber bands to hold down frags to a rock? id prob. be more concerned that the rubber band didnt make it out of the return pump and its stuck inside the impeller or the return pvc pipe.

 

[jceli728]

onefish2fish

Good call.... I think I got a little to worried and didn't think of that

I'm getting my tools to take the pump apart just to make sure it didn't get stuck on the impeller.

 

[mfisher2112]

I just pulled my 90 gallon apart and found 2 rubber bands, a suction cup from a heater, a piece of a veggie clip and the cap from a API test kit test tube under and behind my rocks. My guestimate is that the oldest piece was in there at least a year. No ill effects.

I'm with one fish, tho, if you can get the impeller housing off your return pump, pull it and make sure it isn't wound up in there. If it's not, I wouldn't worry too much about it. I was pretty sure if I kept digging I'd find the kitchen sink in my tank...

 

[onefish2fish]

yea and why not take the time to rinse off your impeller while its out..

 

[jceli728]

Thanks guys, I took the pump apart and it wasn't there.

 

[roxsburyrage]

Just to reasure you there are no chemical reaction from rubber bands.It has been used in Fragging as someone stated before.This has been tested in our lab.