H2o2 impacts on LR

Steve1500 · Nov 25, 2018

I have GHA on all of my LR. If I remove the LR from the tank and spray it with H2o2, will the H2o2 kill the good bacteria on the LR? Any other issues with this idea?

Justfebreezeit · Nov 25, 2018

I've done this before with no issues. I've only done a small amount of rocks at a time though. Probably 10%ish of the total volume of LR in the tank.

Steve1500 · Nov 25, 2018

Justfebreezeit said:
I've done this before with no issues. I've only done a small amount of rocks at a time though. Probably 10%ish of the total volume of LR in the tank.

Steve1500 · Nov 25, 2018

Justfebreezeit said:
I've done this before with no issues. I've only done a small amount of rocks at a time though. Probably 10%ish of the total volume of LR in the tank.

Steve1500 · Nov 25, 2018

Thanks. How did it work? Was there any coral on the rock when you sprayed it? How did you protect the coral? Thanks in advance!

Justfebreezeit · Nov 25, 2018

Works great on GHA especially. Yes I had corals on them. I used a syringe and dripped it on the LR avoiding corals, I got some on the coral sometimes with no issues though. Manual removal of the largest chunks before peroxide is a good idea as well.

Gareth elliott · Nov 25, 2018

Ime you will lose more “beneficial life” if the rock sits out of water too long. Make sure have a bucket of tank water available to dunk the rock when ever it spends more than a few minutes out of the water.

Steve1500 · Nov 25, 2018

Justfebreezeit said:
Works great on GHA especially. Yes I had corals on them. I used a syringe and dripped it on the LR avoiding corals, I got some on the coral sometimes with no issues though. Manual removal of the largest chunks before peroxide is a good idea as well.

Thanks. Is that you playing a strat in your profile pic? I play to, just not really good