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Re: R.O. additives. (none / 0) (#5)
by miskairal on Mon Feb 20, 2006 at 10:46:48 PM PST

I have so far only found a dose rate of 8oz to 1000gallons - will have to get my handy converter programme out :)
I'm very nervous about using it and am wondering if potassium permanganate might be a better choice but will take a look at the cichlid info - thanks for the suggestion.

I never thought about the mandarin eating the seahorse babies but it might make a good food source for them. It's all a year or more away at least so I have plenty of time to learn more and think more.

Cheerio, there is a small threat of storms so keep your fingers crossed for us.
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"I'm very nervous about using it " (the (none / 0) (#6)
by unclescott on Thu Feb 23, 2006 at 05:25:00 PM PST

highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide). Could you put on protective googles and pour it into a tank, outside? Maybe first add 11 or 20 parts water for every part of the H2O2, which gets added last. Pour in the evening. Just leave it in the sun for a few days and that stuff should break down.

Of course you could experiment by dumping it on the grass. If the grass turns brown(er) or goes away, it was still strong. ;) (Still hope you got that rainstorm.)

I didn't realize how acid that declorinator, Sodium Thiosulfate can get, especially with use. Late one summer, dumped a trash can of that on the lawn.

The grass, in that spot, grew back the next year. ;)

All the best!
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Re: "I'm very nervous about using it " (none / 0) (#7)
by miskairal on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 12:00:13 AM PST

It would definitely be a gloves and goggles thing!

We got a whole 8mm (about 1/3 of an inch I think) of rain which had dried up by lunchtime the next day with the hot dry winds. Unc there isn't any grass, brown or otherwise, to throw anything on really ;)

I did water changes on Wednesday and added carbon and on Thursday two more fish were dead that definitely hadn't been ill in any way the day before. That's both my juvenile blue tailed males gone :( I love the blue tails but all the ones born here seem to die young. I dont' know how I actually end up with blue tailed fry as I would have thought their genetics would have died out long ago.

I think I'll end up having to start again fresh with guppies using one of my spare tanks that hasn't been used in many months and using something to decontaminate the water. I'm pretty disappointed b/c I will be visiting my favourite petshop next week (for saltwater stuff) where the guppies, although few in number, always look extremely healthy and my q tank would have been spare. The q tank is still housing the last of the fry who are big enough to go in with adults but seem to not be affected so far so I've sort of left them in reverse quarantine.
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