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Peroxide Dip To Kill Algae On Frag Plugs


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I just started using it on some zoa frags that have bubble algae on them. Scraped the algae off and poured the 3% right on the frag and left for a few seconds and then soaked in solution of 4/1 for a couple minutes.  Also am trying just using a pipette to squirt some over the bubbles on the rock. Hoping that works else I might try injecting the bubbles . I think the bubble algae is cool looking but man does it spread fast. Wish I had seen it before setting the rock in the tank.

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I am just playing with a process I saw on Utube. Lots of info out there. Should see effects on stuff in tank tomorrow. So far the stuff I used it straight on has done fine. Believe me, I don' t leave it on long at all before diluting. I have read some threads where people are dosing it into tanks and having great success.  I am also following a thread on another site about a cleaner named Vibrant that seems to be doing wonders on algae in people's tanks. 

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I did some 3% on bubble algae last week with a pipette. Just tried to keep the solution close as I released it. Here is the result... Look for clear bubbles in the middle of the picture. Not bad and didn't have to move the rock. Trying Vibrant on the rest. 

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On 11/19/2016 at 5:28 PM, Muttley000 said:

So I hit my eagle eyes, campfires, a mixed zoa colony, Rastas, and my pink zippers this afternoon.  4 to one and left them for 60 seconds.  Everything seems to be opening back up so we will see what happens!

So I'm curious, when you say 4 to one  part. Would that be like 5 TBS of salt water with 1 TBS poroxide? I need to do this for one of my corals, growing algae on the back side

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2 hours ago, AMPM said:

So I'm curious, when you say 4 to one  part. Would that be like 5 TBS of salt water with 1 TBS poroxide? I need to do this for one of my corals, growing algae on the back side

i always thought 4 to 1 meant 4 gallons of saltwater to every 1 tbs of poroxide. please tell me if i am wrong. so i can correct it in the furture.

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1 hour ago, WILDFISH said:

i always thought 4 to 1 meant 4 gallons of saltwater to every 1 tbs of poroxide. please tell me if i am wrong. so i can correct it in the furture.

I think it means just what it says, a 4:1 ratio would mean 4 parts water 1 part peroxide....regardless of the size batch it should all scale. so as its written here 4 tbs tank water and 1 tbs peroxide (unless your using the other mentioned ratio of 5:1)

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I did it with some $10 zoa colonies I got awhile back that had some zoa spiders on em, did 10oz of water with 2oz of peroxide for 5 mins. Zoas were back open the next day and got rid of all the critters in them. I was worried that it wouldn't go good but it worked out great!

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1 hour ago, cptnspanky said:

I think it means just what it says, a 4:1 ratio would mean 4 parts water 1 part peroxide....regardless of the size batch it should all scale. so as its written here 4 tbs tank water and 1 tbs peroxide (unless your using the other mentioned ratio of 5:1)

This is exactly what I meant. I used a specimen cup I got a Frag in as a "part"

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15 hours ago, Clint526 said:

I did it with some $10 zoa colonies I got awhile back that had some zoa spiders on em, did 10oz of water with 2oz of peroxide for 5 mins. Zoas were back open the next day and got rid of all the critters in them. I was worried that it wouldn't go good but it worked out great!

umm, what is a zoa spider?  

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