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Interesting aroma observation. I had heterotrophic biofilms on glass that appeared to suffer when transferred from aquarium water to Instant Ocean. Might be a parallel here…or a coincidence.
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Interesting aroma observation. I had heterotrophic biofilms on glass that appeared to suffer when transferred from aquarium water to Instant Ocean. Might be a parallel here…or a coincidence.
Meaning @brandon429Both chemicals are used quite a bit and believed/hoped not to affect the nitrifyers. Your test bed might confirm the no harm conjecture. I think a popular dose of Hydrogen peroxide is 1 mL 3% in 10 gallons but @Brandon is closer to this subject.
Fixed it just nowMeaning @brandon429
So the question for today is - try the tap water rinse? - or the RODI rinse - or another experiment - you guys tell me @Coxey81, @sixty_reefer, @brandon429, @Dan_P, @Garf, @Rmckoy, @Lasse - we now have 2 tanks that can process repeatedly - 2 ppm Ammonia.
I'm tempted to take the rock out - and scrub - then rinse with chlorinated tap water - at 78I say RODI if you think it won't have any effect.
Then do tap next.
I'm tempted to take the rock out - and scrub - then rinse with chlorinated tap water - at 78
Give me a suggestion for tomorrow - I have 125 H2O2 - and some chemiclean. So - Name your poison. I could also rinse the rock with tap-water. BTW - my planned last experiment was to go ahead and bleach the rock - as another controlI like reading the summary of your findings here MN if you tested chemi clean and peroxide I would enjoy seeing your findings
very nice Api convincing readings and baselines here.
Well. The 24 hour results and pictures were done at 9. But I did not have time to post them. BUT. Significant. Tank 1 is still at 1 ppm. Tank 2 is between .5 and 1. Seachem is between safe and alert for both. More testing and photos to come laterExperiment 9 done 9AM today.
1. Scrubbed rock 2-3 minutes
2, Rinsed in warm (tank temp) Chlorinated tap water (no Chrloramine) 3 minutes
3. Rinsed in Fresh tank water
4. Placed in tank with new water - 2 ppm ammonia.
Note in the pictures - the pH and ammonia look slightly different - this is due to lighting - rather than an actual difference - but I did mark the differences on the chart
Tank 1 and 2 - Pre ammonia
Tank 1 and 2 after ammonia
Ammonia after addition
The 36 hour results - show the same - I did not check the API ammonia - as the Seachem alerts were still between safe and alert. In any case - pictures to follow tomorrow AM - BUT - THE KEY - RINSING WITH TAP WATER SEEMS TO HAVE DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE ammonia processing capability of both tanks!!!!Well. The 24 hour results and pictures were done at 9. But I did not have time to post them. BUT. Significant. Tank 1 is still at 1 ppm. Tank 2 is between .5 and 1. Seachem is between safe and alert for both. More testing and photos to come later
But freshwater ain’t supposed to make a difference, lol.The 36 hour results - show the same - I did not check the API ammonia - as the Seachem alerts were still between safe and alert. In any case - pictures to follow tomorrow AM - BUT - THE KEY - RINSING WITH TAP WATER SEEMS TO HAVE DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE ammonia processing capability of both tanks!!!!
But it did. in both tanks. It is the first time in a couple weeks that all the ammonia was not processed within 24 hours. This AM Everything is at 0. Pictures in next post.But freshwater ain’t supposed to make a difference, lol.