Mike said today...

Thanks Roy. I will locate PP and dose the entire tank and let the group know
of the results

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Roy replied with

Hi Mike......What ever happens and I hope its for the best, I only
report and post what has worked for me and info pased down to me from
others......PP can be good or it can be big time bad, so just use
caution both in mixing it up and using it......I know hydro9gen
peroixide can be used in freshwater ok, but not usre if it can be used
in saltwater....so in that case if its saltwater use dechlorinator if
the need arises, by adding the amount required for that gal of tank
capacity and water should start to clear almost imediately.....Also
provide lots of aeration...It helps with the process as well as aides
the fish....Lots of luck. I have done it dozens of times from small
pico sized tanks with feeders to 2+ million gallon ponds and I still
get butterflies when I start..I have been told that if a fish dies
from a PP treatment or shortly thereafter, odds are it was destined to
die anyhow,.....considering that the proper dose was used.

Another thing, you will see some fish go absoutely berserk, like they
were stuck in hydrochloric acid.....jumping, flipping etc.This is not
a sign of stress, its just the fish getting rid of whats getting
oxidized on them, and more or less cleaning himself up. Stress is
coming to top and gasping for air etc.......
Once again regards and good luck....FIGURE YOUR GALLONS AND DOSE  A
FEW TIMES just to be sure. Then do it again right befor eyur ready to
dose......

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Mike replied

Thanks for all the help and advice. I figure that the fish will die anyway
If I do not act, and that this will work better than than tearing the tank
apart. Last time I tried this I never got hold of the pseudochromis anyway.
He got inside one of the rocks somehow. Its an 80 gallon tank, and the rocks
and live sand are about 10 gallons total displacement, maybe a little more.
So I figure if I try your formula at 1/10 strength, and add 20 drops/gallon
for 69 gallons, I ought to be OK. I'll poke around for the possibility of
using peroxide in saltwater, and if I find nothing, then I have
dechlorinator/chloramine remover.

The bad thing is, PP is hard to find locally. Seems that the bathtub
methamphetamine cooks like to use it somehow in one of the ways they cook
that junk up. So the pharmacies do not carry it anymore. It's widely
available online, though. I located a seller three states away, and used
priority mail, so it should be here in two days. I hope that is soon enough.
I will try to trap the fish during that time, to get them in the quarantine
tank. If I have no luck, I'll blast the display tank. If I blow it, then the
group can learn from me. I'm not worried about any brown sludge from
oxidized junk, as the tank underwent a 100% water change when I moved 6
weeks ago, and was a clean tank before that. The crabs, snails and brittle
star take care of any deitrus anyway.

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