Hydrogen Peroxide concern?

GuppyHJD

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I am trying to kill off anthelia, and it has been suggested that hydrogen peroxide may help. I have dipped corals in a saltwater/hydrogen peroxide dip to kill off algae. For the anthelia, I will be using a syringe to target the anthelia coral in the display tank. My concern is that too much hydrogen peroxide will impact the tank chemistry. What should I pay attention to? I am hoping the tank volume of 130g will dilute the peroxide pretty quickly.

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Shouldn’t be any issue. Peroxide is pretty safe. I’ve dosed pretty high dosages to treat Dino/cyano before. Only issues were an urchin lost its spines. But he’s still kicking months later. Shrimp seem to not like it also. But target dosing I see no issues.
 

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I think it will be hard to monitor the chemistry changes. Obviously, if you see things nearby close up, I'd stop, but the main change will be alteration of the nature of the trace elements present. Some will be oxidized and some will be reduced in oxidation state. That may impact bioavailability and solubility, but I'd expect things to be back to normal in a week or less.
 

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You could squirt 30ml at a time two or three times a day spread out and not hurt anything. Zoas wont like it but everything else should be fine.
 

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