Gha vs peroxide

[Johnd651]

Well then what will you brush your tooth eithers with?

For some reason I feel like we always have many toothbrushes at home

 

[Johnd651]

Day 4 12/28 21:44

 

[Reefering1]

12/25 14:52

Day 2 12/26 20:37

Day 3 12/27 19:27

Noticing pieces of GHA floating around in the water column.

Day 4 12/28 21:44

Can you continue talking pictures like the 1st one, bright white light. Seems to be getting bluer every pic... :)

 

[Johnd651]

Can you continue talking pictures like the 1st one, bright white light. Seems to be getting bluer every pic... :)

Yep...it's cause they are later at night

 

[Ziggy17]

I hope it works for you. It did not for me. I did end up getting rid of it, but that’s not what this thread is about.

 

[Johnd651]

12/29 19:28

 

[Johnd651]

So technically tonight will be day 6 of H2O2 dosing, and I am not seeing a major difference. But I am under dosing at 1ml 3%/15 gallon

 

[Johnd651]

I hope it works for you. It did not for me. I did end up getting rid of it, but that’s not what this thread is about.

How did you

 

[ElementReefer]

I applied 3% peroxide directly to algae spots via syringe, in tank, at probably 1ml per 2 gallons, every other day for weeks. No loss of livestock. 20 long.

 

[Johnd651]

Day 6 12/30 19:02

 

[Ziggy17]

How did you

I ended up taking the rocks out, even ones with coral, scrubbed them with a firm plastic scrubber brush, and using a syringe as to not splash the coral , I doused every inch with peroxide directly. Left it stand for 15 minutes and then rinsed off with fresh RODI water before putting back in the tank.

I only did half at a time, as I know I would lose a lot of my bio filtration. Worked. No coral loss or fish loss, just GHA loss.

 

[Johnd651]

Day 7 18:02

Believe it is bryopsis.

 

[Johnd651]

Day 8 1/1/25 19:28

I will not continue dosing H2O2. After 7 days I am not really seeing a difference. I am going to look into Fluconazole.

 

[Johnd651]

One additional point to add, there is some ulva lettuce algea on one piece of live rock. The peroxide did not seem to affect that either.

 

[Reef.]

One additional point to add, there is some ulva lettuce algea on one piece of live rock. The peroxide did not seem to affect that either.

How you get on?

 

[Johnd651]

How you get on?

Still there. Peroxide didn't seem to change anything.

 

[amygetsalife]

Just read this whole thread. One thing that jumped out to me at the beginning, especially now that you've stopped doing HP was your clean up crew. Astrea, good. Cerith, good, Nassarius snails...detritus eaters in the sand. Not so good for algae control. Bumblebee snails, generalist for detritus but good for eating vermitid snails. Might want to add a turbo snail or other primary algae eaters. Especially if not bryopsis. Sorry to bug with the fairly obvious....Make sure you're not overfeeding, and blowing rock off after feeding is very helpful. You probably know these things but I notice that different people tend to focus on certain kinds of control and miss other forms. Example: an analytical brain might go with something they can measure and dose. A tech person may focus on gear. I like to focus on the combination of organisms.

 

[Johnd651]

Just read this whole thread. One thing that jumped out to me at the beginning, especially now that you've stopped doing HP was your clean up crew. Astrea, good. Cerith, good, Nassarius snails...detritus eaters in the sand. Not so good for algae control. Bumblebee snails, generalist for detritus but good for eating vermitid snails. Might want to add a turbo snail or other primary algae eaters. Especially if not bryopsis. Sorry to bug with the fairly obvious....Make sure you're not overfeeding, and blowing rock off after feeding is very helpful. You probably know these things but I notice that different people tend to focus on certain kinds of control and miss other forms. Example: an analytical brain might go with something they can measure and dose. A tech person may focus on gear. I like to focus on the combination of organisms.

I did end up adding 4 turbos in February. No change