Question About Hot Glue...

[GL-P]

I'm a newbie so bear with me...

I had the components for a substrate vacuum lying around so I decided to build one for my little 20G tank.

Question is, is hot glue safe to use?

I figure it should be fine since it will almost never be in the water.

Should I give it a thorough rinsing to remove any residues of anything?

I probably sound pretty uptight but I just want to see if this is a big no-go.

Cheers
Greg L-P

 

[SkiFletch]

Better safe than sorry. Hot glue and superglue are both fully fish safe, they dont even have to be dry to be introduced into a tank. Most of us saltwater guys use superglue all the time on live corals to hold them to rocks. Dab some glue on it, stick it in the tank and hold it on the rock, even sets underwater . I've got a few of my rocks in my reef held together with superglue, go nuts

 

[doresy]

Better safe than sorry. Hot glue and superglue are both fully fish safe, they dont even have to be dry to be introduced into a tank. Most of us saltwater guys use superglue all the time on live corals to hold them to rocks. Dab some glue on it, stick it in the tank and hold it on the rock, even sets underwater . I've got a few of my rocks in my reef held together with superglue, go nuts

I use hotglue without problems but I was told superglue contained arsenic or cyinide (can't remember which) by our dentist (I tried to temporarily restick my wife's crown back on over a weekend )

 

[GL-P]

Superglue/CA was used by the military as a quick means to close up open wounds in the field.

It definitely does not contain cyanide. I don't think it contains arsenic either. The true name for superglue is cyanoacrylate which for example is used in those Band-Aid liquid bandages.

Standard superglue does give off formaldehyde when in contact with tissue.

I love wikipedia....

Thanks guys
Greg L-P