Dose Hydrogen Peroxide direct to your display tank

[zalick]

It would be information that was useable if you specified details of your dosing. I dosed a 120G tank that was 3 years mature with 1ml per gallon of 3% peroxide for 7 days.
Cynobacteria was eliminated as were a healthy population of amphipods & copepod. Micro stars, spaghetti worms, Bryozone, macro algae and GHA survived and thrived.

I dosed my 7 yr old system that had tons of pods. After 2 weeks at 3% and 1ml per 10g in a 300g system not a pod could be found.

 

[dead_goby]

It would be information that was useable if you specified details of your dosing. I dosed a 120G tank that was 3 years mature with 1ml per gallon of 3% peroxide for 7 days.

Cynobacteria was eliminated as were a healthy population of amphipods & copepod. Micro stars, spaghetti worms, Bryozone, macro algae and GHA survived and thrived.

Peroxide is not a magic cure for inadequate maintenance. It should be used with discretion and not indiscriminately.

Oxidators have refined 24/7 peroxide use.

[Shrimps, copepods and some other animals are easily killed by peroxide. And they are essential to keep the live rock in order. So if You want to use it against algae take out some rocks and store them in another tank so You can add those critters later on.]

@Stigigemla
Thank you for the above note.

It's 45g tank with sump and I'm dosing 3ml spread into two doses in the evening using 3% food grade hp.

As I understand all this does is raise the redox potential which helps oxidize organics.

Unless I'm missing something I don't see what could cause the issue unless your hp had some traces of copper or arsenic in it.

What type did you use?

 

[dead_goby]

It would be information that was useable if you specified details of your dosing. I dosed a 120G tank that was 3 years mature with 1ml per gallon of 3% peroxide for 7 days.

Cynobacteria was eliminated as were a healthy population of amphipods & copepod. Micro stars, spaghetti worms, Bryozone, macro algae and GHA survived and thrived.

Peroxide is not a magic cure for inadequate maintenance. It should be used with discretion and not indiscriminately.

Oxidators have refined 24/7 peroxide use.

[Shrimps, copepods and some other animals are easily killed by peroxide. And they are essential to keep the live rock in order. So if You want to use it against algae take out some rocks and store them in another tank so You can add those critters later on.]

@Stigigemla
Thank you for the above note.

I'd like to add that this appears to have eliminated my dino problem, it's all been great so far. I will probably turn off dosing here soon.

I think the biggest issue here is it's hard to say what is actually in the bottle of peroxide unless there is a lab analysis on it, it seems too easy for this to have some traces of other things which would be perfectly fine for most uses but cause problems long term in a reef tank.

 

[Subsea]

It's 45g tank with sump and I'm dosing 3ml spread into two doses in the evening using 3% food grade hp.

As I understand all this does is raise the redox potential which helps oxidize organics.

Unless I'm missing something I don't see what could cause the issue unless your hp had some traces of copper or arsenic in it.

What type did you use?

Dosage rate is critical. The OP & I both dosed 1ml/10G.
In my 120G tank that amounted to 100ml. In your system of approximately 50G, you dosed 3ml which is 40% below the 1ml/10G

 

[Subsea]

This is the forth thread in less than 10 days on perixide use.

I have used peroxide for spot treatment in tank and out of tank as both spot treatment & dip for 10yrs.

Two weeks ago, I dosed in tank 3% peroxide for 1 week. Results were mixed. Because I focus on micro fauna & fana, I will not jeopardize the janitors again. I will continue using needle & toothbrush for in tank treatment.

Even with comparable dose rate concentrations, each system will have a different biological demand on peroxide.

 

[MichaelReefer]

Mr.HydrogenPeroxide

@brandon429

 

[dead_goby]

It would be information that was useable if you specified details of your dosing. I dosed a 120G tank that was 3 years mature with 1ml per gallon of 3% peroxide for 7 days.

Cynobacteria was eliminated as were a healthy population of amphipods & copepod. Micro stars, spaghetti worms, Bryozone, macro algae and GHA survived and thrived.

Peroxide is not a magic cure for inadequate maintenance. It should be used with discretion and not indiscriminately.

Oxidators have refined 24/7 peroxide use.

[Shrimps, copepods and some other animals are easily killed by peroxide. And they are essential to keep the live rock in order. So if You want to use it against algae take out some rocks and store them in another tank so You can add those critters later on.]

@Stigigemla
Thank you for the above

Peroxide is a magic cure, it literally fixed all of my issues, I have so many pods at this point in when the lights come on in the morning I actually have a marine snow of pods blowing around.

 

[fishface NJ]

...... I will continue using needle & toothbrush for in tank treatment......

How are you using a needle?

TIA

 

[Subsea]

How are you using a needle?

TIA

Nuisance Aptasia retreating into internal holes.

when treating outside of tank as a dip, I soak 10 minutes with a 10% solution of 3% peroxide, this includes dipping coral, I don’t own SPS.

The same slime coat that protects corals protects Aptasia. So, even on outside of tank, peroxide and toothbrush get it done.

 

[Tony616]

Do you guys dose 1ml per 10 gallon once every 24 hours? Or 12 hours? Thanks

 

[dead_goby]

Do you guys dose 1ml per 10 gallon once every 24 hours? Or 12 hours? Thanks

I did one ml per hour, if that helps?

 

[fishface NJ]

1ml per 10g Every 24 hours

 

[Unregistered1]

Just do water changes regular and get a urchin algae gone in a week

 

[fishface NJ]

I got a tuxedo urchin a month ago. It eats algae and a lot of the coraline from my live rocks. Most of the rocks were completely covered in coraline....not the case now.

 

[Unregistered1]

I got a tuxedo urchin a month ago. It eats algae and a lot of the coraline from my live rocks. Most of the rocks were completely covered in coraline....not the case now.

Thats my point they are algae eating machines

 

[Subsea]

Peroxide should be dosed with lights out. It degrades rapidly in light.

 

[dead_goby]

Peroxide should be dosed with lights out. It degrades rapidly in light.

I degrades almost instantly always, if it didn't there would be huge problems.

 

[Unregistered1]

Peroxide works to some extent when applied to small areas with the pumps all off but its just a band-aide at best

 

[Subsea]

I degrades almost instantly always, if it didn't there would be huge problems.

Oxidizing organics and degrading in light are different

 

[Unregistered1]

Just get a cleanup crew