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Potassium Permanganate
> Potassium permanganate--how much?
>
> Would anyone know how much potassium permanganate (grams/ounces/tsps), say,
> per gallon? I understand Jungle's Clear Water and Aquatronics' Flukes
>
Hi again, Roger here. Here's a list of some common disinfectants
used in aquariums:
Copper Sulfate 1:2,000 1 min
37% Formalin 1:500 15 min
1:5000 1 hour
Potassium Permanganate 1:1000 30 sec
1:100,000 30 min
Methylene Blue 1:350,000 4 days
Malachite Green 1:15,000 20 sec
1:200,000 1 hour
1 teaspoon/gallon = 1:757 = 0.13%
Therefore,
1 tsp Potassium Permanage in 1.33 gallons ought to make a
good 30 sec dunking solution for plants or ornaments. Alum (Aluminum
Sulfate) is supposed to be very good at removing snails from plants, but
I don't know the dosage. Try 1 tsp/gallon. Potassium Chromate and
Silver nitrate have also been used as disinfectants, though I would avoid
them. The only disinfectant suitable for use in an aquarium is Methylene
blue. All the others are designed to disinfect objects removed from the
tank and soaked separately. To sterilize rocks, tubes, filters et all,
use a 1/4 bleach solution. Rince with water afterward and let dry about
24 hours, or until the bleach smell is gone. To sterilize gravel, rince
well, put in a bucket and fill with boiling water. Remember, a
thoroughly sterile tank will have to re-establish its areobic bacteria
before fish can live in it and this takes around two weeks, plants can be
introduced immediatly however.
> "Every infinity is composed of only two halves."
however, 0.13% infinity = infinity,
Roger L. Sieloff