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Re: H2O2 update
Bob,
I did read your initial post, and was looking forward to an update! Since
this algae continues to persist in one of my tanks, I'm very interested in
your outcome. I do recall you lost one or two fish though . . . wasn't your
dose a little high?
Sylvia
> I thought I'd report on the progress of my H2O2 treatment initiated last
week
>
> on my 75 gal tank with a serious staghorn algae problem. As you have no
> doubt
> forgotten (if you even bothered to read it in the first place), I
foolishly
> added 14oz of 3% H2O2 to the 75 gal tank in question which resulted in the
> staghorn turning white within 24 hours followed by Rotalla m. going almost
> totally green within the same time frame. Within 48 hours, the Hetra z.
> began
> melting from the edges inward and the tips of the pearlgrass started
looking
>
> a bit scorched soon thereafter. Unfortunately, the tiny sprig of
> Lagarosiphon
> madagascariensis a famous list member sent me began to show signs of
> distress
> as well. I was really an idiot to have left that in there - but it seemed
> like such a tough, wiry little plant. The Alternanthera reineckii
eventually
>
> developed a few holes but amazingly, the Eusteralis s. remained unfazed as
> did the Cabomba. The glosso had a few leaves go yellow here and there but
> then - there's a lot more where that came from. Totally unaffected to date
> are Bacopa m., Hygro p. "sunset" Rotalla i., Ludwigia grand. and repens,
> Hygro "willow leaf", and C. wendtii. The staghorn algae has all melted for
> now. I looks like everything will recover and regenerate - except I'm real
> worried about the Lagarosiphon. There's only a few green areas of stem
left
> and a tiny sprout on one side that looks to still be alive. The H2O2
> definitely did a number on the algae though - it's gone.
>