Peroxide dosing and dipping

[ramsey]

Has any used it for bubble algae with any success?

[SoLiD]

Peppermint Shrimp Perhaps???

[MadReefer]

Has any used it for bubble algae with any success?

emerald crabs eradicate bubble algae. had a nice outbreak of it in my 180. bought 6 of them and bubble algae gone in a month. granted i had a Ton of bubble algae. As for peppermint shrimp, they eat aptasia (sp). had a huge outbreak of those also and 6 pep shrimps took it out in a week.

as for this dosing of h2o2 i have never heard of it in the ten years ive done this lol. i used to vodka dose/carbon dose, but found out a few select lps hate it. nearly killed a 500 dollar war coral =-\
be vary wary on dosing Anything in your tank. not to scare anyone, but always keep an eye out for anything out of the norm stress related like recession of tissue etc.

hth some
Reef On!

[rrasco]

Vokda/vinegar is used for carbon dosing. Peroxide is used for algae. Two really different principals. There are a lot of different things that could have gone wrong with carbon dosing.

I think the key here, is to know why you have algae in your tank. While h2o2 works great for dips or spot treatment, if you don't address why the algae is growing, odds are it will be back.

[FireWater]

Great point Robert. You can treat the symptoms, but if you don't know the underlying cause it pointless. In Robs case I'm sure most of what he's dipping is shipments that come in with algae already. You can correct me if I'm wrong Rob. Not trying to say anything.

One of the key points to "fixing" anything in a reef tank is monitoring progression and regression of problem through sight and testing. Most of the problems that occur that cause algae and other outbreaks are slow in progression and therefore have to be slow in regression. Like dosing vodka or other carbon sources, such as sugars. You have to start slow. Corals an tanks react adversely to quick changes. That might have been some of the issues you saw Mad.

[rrasco]

You know what they say in this hobby: Nothing good happens fast.

[Mr Cob]

Great point Robert. You can treat the symptoms, but if you don't know the underlying cause it pointless. In Robs case I'm sure most of what he's dipping is shipments that come in with algae already. You can correct me if I'm wrong Rob. Not trying to say anything.

One of the key points to "fixing" anything in a reef tank is monitoring progression and regression of problem through sight and testing. Most of the problems that occur that cause algae and other outbreaks are slow in progression and therefore have to be slow in regression. Like dosing vodka or other carbon sources, such as sugars. You have to start slow. Corals an tanks react adversely to quick changes. That might have been some of the issues you saw Mad.

Exactly!

I'm also a HUGE fan of natural solutions and of course determining the problem first.

My problem is NEW coral..and when it comes to bryopsis and nuisance algaes H2o2 keeps me safe and it kills other pests too. The dip zaps it and the regular dosing keeps anything that might have made it past the dip, in check.

I had a case of several nuisance algaes last year and in an effort to find a solution that would work for my scenario of keeping both business stock and personal stock I was led to H2o2.


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[EpicWin]

Just an FYI and it may have been said already..... For SPS this is really risky... mine hate even the slightest hint of H2O2

[Mr Cob]

Just an FYI and it may have been said already..... For SPS this is really risky... mine hate even the slightest hint of H2O2

Yup, first post. I killed sps, acans and some other softies. As a dip it does wonders on zoas/palys and live rock or any equipment. That's the only stock I use it on for dips.

For dosing I dose 2.5ml/40g, once a week on all of my systems...this is a low amount but I have found that it works well on my systems containing fish only, lps, sps, softies, clams etc. I would not go anymore concentrated than that for dosing systems with SPS, delicate inverts etc.


*To reefers unfamiliar with H2o2 dipping and dosing.....

No one should ever dose, dip or do anything to their tanks that they have not thoroughly researched themselves.

Use this thread as just one resource for comparing results but definitely do not make it your only resource. Our hobby has way too many variables for one source to cover every possible scenario to one issue.

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[rrasco]

I've dipped an SPS. It was a single branch on a frag disk. The disk and the lower part of the SPS were dipped. The SPS did lose color where it was dipped, but the tips sprouted into 4 branches and it regained color. For other reasons, it stopped growing and at one point I snapped the branch off. The disk is almost fully encrusted now (which includes some encrusting that was dipped). Be cautious dipping anything in h2o2 though.