Temok747
New Member
Hi Everyone!
I wanted to share my recent success with using hydrogen peroxide to kill Aptasia and Manjos in my reef tank. I couldn't find a whole lot of details about how to do it so here is my success story.
A warning to everyone concentrated hydrogen peroxide. This stuff is dangerous it can melt your skin off at these concentrations and should only be used after reading all safety precautions.
Always wear PPE when using the solution. This includes long pants, gloves, and eye protection. I would recommend wearing long sleeves too but that's a little tough when trying to use it in a reef tank.
Please read all instructions carefully and use at your own risk.
It is always better to use as little of this solution to kill each pest as possible to minimize tank water chemistry changes.
I have career experience as a chemist so I am well aware of how to properly use and dilute chemicals.
Anyway onto the my procedure I utilized.
Materials;
food grade 35% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution.
10 mL of Deionized water
18g hypodermic needle luer
1- mL syringe with luer attachment
1- 10 mL syringe
10 mL container with lid
Method;
First, created a diluted solution of 10% hydrogen peroxide using the 35% food grade H2O2.
Always add water before peroxide, this is to prevent splashing of concentrated hydrogen peroxide on yourself.
Diluting 35% hydrogen peroxide to 10%
1. In a 10mL container add 7.14 mL (g) of Deionized water to container.
2.using the 1mL draw up exactly 2.86 mL of 35% hydrogen peroxide.
3. Add concentrated H2O2 to water slowly.
4. After addition of all H2O2 close cap and invert the container 3 times with the cap facing away from yourself.
Utilizing 10% solution to kill pests.
1. Turn off all water movement as much as possible.
2. Assemble injection device using 1mL syringe and 18g hypodermic needle
3. Drawing up 0.1mL of 10% solution to kill each pest. (when pulling up there will be some air in the syringe tip that will be drawn into the syringe. Allow actual liquid level to be at 0.1 mL there will be air above this liquid level.)
4. Identify the target and aim needle tip for the base of the aptasia or manjo.
5. Slowly dispense 10% kill solution directly to pest. (Solution is more dense than saltwater so it will dispense like a goo)
6. Target should be immediately dissolve and you will see a small stream of air bubbles as it dissolves the organic material.
7. After 2 minutes, turn water flow back on.
Note: Do this is very small increments per day. I only injected about 0.7mL of the 10% solution into my 90g gallon reef tank and observed no adverse reactions.
If your water volume is smaller do less or conduct water changes right after to dilute the solution.
Results:
All visible structures of the aptasia and manjo were destroyed.
I wanted to share my recent success with using hydrogen peroxide to kill Aptasia and Manjos in my reef tank. I couldn't find a whole lot of details about how to do it so here is my success story.
A warning to everyone concentrated hydrogen peroxide. This stuff is dangerous it can melt your skin off at these concentrations and should only be used after reading all safety precautions.
Always wear PPE when using the solution. This includes long pants, gloves, and eye protection. I would recommend wearing long sleeves too but that's a little tough when trying to use it in a reef tank.
Please read all instructions carefully and use at your own risk.
It is always better to use as little of this solution to kill each pest as possible to minimize tank water chemistry changes.
I have career experience as a chemist so I am well aware of how to properly use and dilute chemicals.
Anyway onto the my procedure I utilized.
Materials;
food grade 35% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution.
10 mL of Deionized water
18g hypodermic needle luer
1- mL syringe with luer attachment
1- 10 mL syringe
10 mL container with lid
Method;
First, created a diluted solution of 10% hydrogen peroxide using the 35% food grade H2O2.
Always add water before peroxide, this is to prevent splashing of concentrated hydrogen peroxide on yourself.
Diluting 35% hydrogen peroxide to 10%
1. In a 10mL container add 7.14 mL (g) of Deionized water to container.
2.using the 1mL draw up exactly 2.86 mL of 35% hydrogen peroxide.
3. Add concentrated H2O2 to water slowly.
4. After addition of all H2O2 close cap and invert the container 3 times with the cap facing away from yourself.
Utilizing 10% solution to kill pests.
1. Turn off all water movement as much as possible.
2. Assemble injection device using 1mL syringe and 18g hypodermic needle
3. Drawing up 0.1mL of 10% solution to kill each pest. (when pulling up there will be some air in the syringe tip that will be drawn into the syringe. Allow actual liquid level to be at 0.1 mL there will be air above this liquid level.)
4. Identify the target and aim needle tip for the base of the aptasia or manjo.
5. Slowly dispense 10% kill solution directly to pest. (Solution is more dense than saltwater so it will dispense like a goo)
6. Target should be immediately dissolve and you will see a small stream of air bubbles as it dissolves the organic material.
7. After 2 minutes, turn water flow back on.
Note: Do this is very small increments per day. I only injected about 0.7mL of the 10% solution into my 90g gallon reef tank and observed no adverse reactions.
If your water volume is smaller do less or conduct water changes right after to dilute the solution.
Results:
All visible structures of the aptasia and manjo were destroyed.
