PH Calibration Toxic?

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I was calibrating my ph probe and it was recommended to have the solutions at the tank temperature so I hung them in the tank with a magnet. I left for a min and the Kole tang pulled the ph 7 solution into the water. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/milwaukee-ph-calibration-fluid-single-use-packet.html

Is this toxic I can not find the ingredients not listed http://www.milwaukeeinst.com/site/msds/ma9007.pdf

@Randy Holmes-Farley

I saw they have phosphate in them maybe? http://www.labchem.com/tools/msds/msds/LC12370.pdf shows .68% Potassium Phosphate, Monobasic

60 gallons of water in my tank testing phosphate now.
 
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Phosphate tested at 0.477 PPM and it is normally 0 what should I do? I have a large gfo reactor how long will it take to remove?
 

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Yikes. Hopefully everything ends up okay. I don’t bother with temperature correction but with ph calibration. Over the temp range we are working in it is only a tenth or so error. Not worth the trouble for me.
 

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Ph calibration solution I believe is phosphoric acid. The corals immediate effect may have been from a large drop in ph and alkalinity.
 

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