A dino experiment- Pics now on 1st post!

[Richard]

When I treated a tank with an oxidizer to clean it up, I preferred to use potassium permangenate instead of hydrogen peroxide. The thing about oxidizers is that the dosage is different depending on th amount of organics in the water. So with peroxide you are doing a bit of guessing. PP on the other hand gives you a visual cue as to how much to add since it is a purple liquid. So I would add enough to give a slight purplish tint to the water as it oxidizes organics it turns brownish telling you that you need to add a little more. The other nice thing about pp is if you over dose it or livestock is looking too stressed you can neutralize it almost instantly with guess what..hydrogen peroxide.

So if you're in an experimenting mood you can try potasium permangenate. Here's a link to someone treating a pond with pp to give you an idea about the color thing...
http://www.bonniesplants.com/PotassiumPermanganate.html

Just don't treat as long or aggressively as the koi pond people do...reef tank livestock is a little more sensitive than koi & goldfish. Or you could just take the safest method and dose small amounts daily which is the instructions on Kent Marine's Poly-Ox, which is just potassium permangenate.