Water from new Salt Water Mixing Station smells like PVC glue -- discard it?

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HI All, I recently completed my salt water mixing station. It has a two container vertical alignment that relies on a fair amount of PVC pipe. This morning I mixed my first batch of salt water (10 gallons) and poured it into a couple of 5 gallon jugs. Everything worked great, BUT....... I'm afraid that I didn't allow the PVC glue to cure long enough, because the water smells like PVC cement. Should I discard the water? The glue dried/cured for about 14 hours or so before I used it, and the Oatey instructions call for 2 hours to cure -- but did I use it too soon? Thoughts? Thanks in advance

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HI All, I recently completed my salt water mixing station. It has a two container vertical alignment that relies on a fair amount of PVC pipe. This morning I mixed my first batch of salt water (10 gallons) and poured it into a couple of 5 gallon jugs. Everything worked great, BUT....... I'm afraid that I didn't allow the PVC glue to cure long enough, because the water smells like PVC cement. Should I discard the water? The glue dried/cured for about 14 hours or so before I used it, and the Oatey instructions call for 2 hours to cure -- but did I use it too soon? Thoughts? Thanks in advance

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Mine recently had the same. I put an airstone in it and its gone the next day. I wouldn't worry about the smell.
 

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