Re: [GSAS-Member] Hair Algae (was Excel? Glut?)

["Tom Watson" <onefish2fish@comcast.net>]

This is the only treatment I use for algae. One once per ten gallons.  I
have even used it on a tank with a freshwater mussel with no ill effects
(very sensitive).  Two things to remember (1) don't over-dose, and (2)
always do a water change before a re-dose.

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[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Nichols
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:45 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Hair Algae (was Excel? Glut?)

Shango,

Like I said before, I don't know how the live stock would react. It wasn't a
problem for the snails in there though :) I didn't really care much about
them anyway :P I guess the only way to test would be to try it out on an
isolated shrimp. If you think about whats involved it's hard to say how an
underwater bug would react. Someone who knows can correct me if I am wrong
but I think all thats happening is we are making lots of O2 and
oxidizing/bleaching the algae to death. H2O2 is, after all, a very strong
oxidizer. I would guess that because of algae's relatively simple cellular
structures they would have no defense against the O2 oxidization. All I know
is the algae died and I was happy :)

It worked very quickly the algae was dead after the treatment finished.
Actually it was kind of neat to watch because the H2O2 turns the tanks into
a glass of bubbly so to speak. Bubbles all over the place. Lasted for about
an hour I would say.

-Bryan
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