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Re: [Killietalk] Hatching eggs in only peat tea

Tyrone Genade <tgenade at gmail_com> wrote:

Hello

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:00:00 -0700, Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net> wrote:

> What are oxygen tablets?
> Bro. Paul

AFAIK, they are an expensive substitute for a few drops of drug-store
hydrogen peroxide. :-)[And no substitute for proper aeration!]

Proper aeration and hatchling Nothos are not a good mix.

Agreed. It should not cause strong currents for them. I prefer photosynthesizing plants for much of that.

Hydrogen
Peroxide (H2O2) can be cheaper but you have to get the dose just right
else you burn everything to death.

Less problem, IMHO, than adding some mysterious "snake-oil" product whose ingredients are concealed from even making such judgements. ;-)


H2O2 also "goes off" as it oxidizes
itself over time---even when kept in the fridge.

Well... It is already super-oxidized, in effect, so what happens is the opposite. It can gradually lose O2 and revert to common water, in a reduction reaction. I agree that strength of old or poorly-stored H2O2 can be reduced with time. The same is true of many chemicals and medications, including most of the dechloraminators, AFAIK.


Oxygen tablets (sold
at your local petstore for goldfish bowls etc...) are not that
expensive. They also don't seem to go off. I expect their chemistry is
similar to that of H2O2.

And Bro Paul's question may arise because I have never seen them in any US LFS. They may be here, but certainly are far from common. They may be banned in CA because some kid tried to use them to cause an abortion. We have a hard time finding KMnO4 (another good "oxidizer" or tanning agent) for exactly that reason. No druggist will carry it, any more for fear of John #2. We have to use agricultural grade.

Wright

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