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Post by sammiesam on Dec 14, 2011 17:35:36 GMT -5
Hey guys, So I've never used potassium as a treatment before as the last time I tried to look for it here I got strange looks and people thought I wanted to blow up my tank or something. Anyways after reading through Carls article www.americanaquariumproducts.com/AquariumMedication3.htmlI realized that jungle clear water was potassium permanganate and I bought a small bottle today. I want to do a bath and I read the instructions on Carls site but I just want to make sure that there is nothing else I am missing before I go ahead and do this as this chemical is new to me and makes me nervous ha ha. So if I want to bath my gouramis: I use double recommended regular tank strength for the bath for 30 mins, don't mix with meth blue but can I mix it with metro? Thanks for the help guys
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Post by Carl on Dec 14, 2011 19:07:30 GMT -5
Since Potassium Permanganate is an oxidizer (& and a relatively strong one), I only recommend adding salt at most to the bath, no medications or Methylene Blue You can do a secondary bath (12 hours apart) with Methylene Blue and SeaChem Metronidazole Back to PP, it has gotten more difficult to obtain in recent years since the active ingredient is used for explosives, so I understand some of the funny looks, however anyone in the fish business should know its history as an effective treatment and water clarifier. Carl
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Post by parker002 on Dec 16, 2011 11:39:01 GMT -5
Can I use PP instead of H2O2 to spot kill cyanobacteria?
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Post by Carl on Dec 16, 2011 16:08:10 GMT -5
I have not used PP for this reason, but I do not see why not.
A direct application outside the tank would be most effective in my estimation.
Carl
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Post by parker002 on Dec 16, 2011 16:38:17 GMT -5
I've been using H2O2 and a syringe. It works as a spot treatment - so far I haven't been successful in completely eradicating it.
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Post by Carl on Dec 16, 2011 17:24:13 GMT -5
I had thought you were doing better since you switched out the lighting.
PP is relatively strong oxidizer, so maybe this will work better assuming you can get it directly over the entire Cyanobacteria
Carl
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Post by parker002 on Dec 16, 2011 19:39:55 GMT -5
It's better - it's not covering the plants anymore. It just crops up in spots every once in a while and I zap it with H2O2, only to have another spot appear somewhere else a couple days later.
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Post by Carl on Dec 17, 2011 11:14:44 GMT -5
Often Cyanobacteria is just controlled, & between your "zaps" and better lighting I think you have done well.
You can certainly try experimenting with PP using a syringe, as I am curious if this will work as well as the Hydrogen Peroxide. For me lighting has made the biggest difference by far, including over the use of Hydrogen Peroxide.
Carl
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Post by Suzie Q (Lori) on Dec 19, 2011 11:45:50 GMT -5
I use PP as a snail dip on my plants. I did learn to only DIP them, not forget about them and let them soak overnight!!! that was yuckie...melted the plants
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