How To Dose H202 In An Aquarium - Complete Guide
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Hey Mark great info! Thanks! Just wondering how often do you recommend to put H2O2 in a tank?
Excellent! I just performed the treatment as per specifications to my 150L and 200L fish tanks and it appears to have some magical effects. I've noticed increased pearling from the plants afterwards and all fish are more active. The perscribed dosage was a little on the low side, as not a lot was happening. I then hit the tank after about 30-45 minutes with a syringe with another half dose in a more focused manner and thats when the real magic started. tons of bubbles from the stuff reacting!
I think I'm going to make this part of my waterchange routine. Siphon water out, treat the lower volume of water, let it sit and refill. Possibly hit it with a small shot of fresh bacteria, too!
Everyday/everyotherday/everyweek dosing?
Hey Mark, great video. I have a lot of algae (some BBA) in my tank and I'll be using this method today. One important point of note for your US viewers; The overlay showing the dosage on screen is incorrect. One US gallon is 3.875 litres and not 4.5 litres as quoted. The UK Gallon is 4.54 Litres.
Hi guys. I tried this yesterday in my 10 litre tank ( I dosed 2 ml of 3% h2o2) and I woke up this morning and it had completely removed the green hair algea. I'm absolutely amazed about this. Thank you so much, I can't tell you how disheartening it is to have a tank slowly taken over by green hair algae, especially when you're doing everything to prevent it in the first place. Again thank you Mark for sharing this, very grateful.
Thats awesome to hear Shallen !!
This is wonderful Mark, thank you. I had a vorticella outbreak from a plant i didn't clean well enough. Tried Indian Almond Leaves, spot dosed some Flourish Excel, nothing happened (vorticella probably grew even more). Watched this video and even under dosed my tank (spot dosed). No more vorticella! No shrimp deaths, no puffer deaths, no snail deaths! Absolutely amazing
How often did you have to dose?
@@Jlui83 just the one treatment
One of my berried shrimp had rust disease and was visibly getting worse and more lethargic. Following your instructions I dosed h202 2 days in a row and she is noticeably better! Your video may very well have saved her and her shrimplets! Thanks Mark!!!
Good to hear ❤
Immediately went out and bought a bottle of 3% for €1. This is huge, Mark! Thanks for the in-depth video, it is much appreciated. Currently watching for the 3rd time.
Good on ya, there is no risk if you follow the instruction , just double and triple check everything.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Is your dosing instruction also based on a bottle with a 3% solution Mark?
yes just 3%
1 US gallon = 3.8l
1 Imperial gallon = 4.5l
Can’t wait to try this out though!
Hope the Americans read this one! 👀😁🍀
Correct here for US.
This is Portuguese' product from my country .....I never tink this can be used in shrimp tanks ........tank you for show everytime new things 😉
Thank you very much!!
A great video and thanks to the person that corrected him on how much to use. 1quart 32 ounces 1 liter 33.8 ounces
Awesome!! Did this on all 6 of my tanks. My fish and shrimp seem more energetic. Awesome hack!
awesome to hear, right now I am looking into UV stuff to see if it will do the same thing 👍
I have a 22 gal tank with leopard danios and Amano shrimp and I have been using this method to treat for stag horn algae and it’s been working excellently! My tank is super clear and my plants are bright and happy.
Bull that is really good to hear, thank you for the feedback.
I tried this in my tank a few months ago when Mark helped me with the info. It worked great for me. Took care of almost all of the hair algae and perked up my shrimp. Added in some more plants and some bacter ae to help things out. Everything is still looking great. Thanks for the advice Mark!
Thank you for the feedback will!!
Tried this solution in my shrimp tank against vorticella and it worked well. Vorticella gone and neocaridinas and ghost shrimps and nerite snail still alive.
I can also say that peroxide treatment along with salt dips seems to be working for my treatment of Cladogonium Ogishimae (green fungus) and I was seeing no changes with just salt dips so pretty sure the peroxide is what is helping. Also, I use the metric system myself but a US gallon is under 4 liters, 3.78 or so, I believe.
Thank you for that information, Ive never had it or green fungus so it was always going to be very difficult for me to test stuff, thanks for sharing:)
This video is awesome Mark! Hope all is well. I did a little research on Hydrogen peroxide and found out that it is light sensitive and will break down more quickly when the light are on. I recommend shutting the tank lights off as well during the hour of treatment, not sure if it makes a difference but if the theory is correct its worth a try, plus it may save you from having to do multiple treatments to get the desired effect.
Good idea and thank you for that information :)
Mark I have started my treatment..but I used 5ml on my 10g cause im being safe for now so im treating it as a 5g..my shrimp has rust diseases or i believe it has. One sadly died with its body being black..one death is to much for me to bear..I MUST SAVE my colony..Im not a breeder these shrimps are my pets and Im learning new stuff about them. I hope this treatment save these beautiful creatures from this evil bacteria infection...ill repeat 3 days in a row...my dosage is 1ml per 1US gallon to be safe that's for my peace of mind. This way i leave room for no error in dosage if anything i under dose I thank you for making this video.
Worked excellently in my shrimp tanks! Thank you!
Great to hear!
Thank you for posting this Mark. I had a couple of tiger shrimp deaths about a week before this post. I treated with this procedure and both fish and shrimp "look" better and are acting more robust. The tank also looks more clear and plants look healthier at 5 days after treatment.
yeah so it really does work, people are very skeptical but I think they have to try if for themselves to see the difference
@@MarksShrimpTanks people are saying 1ml per 5 gallons some say 1ml per 10 gallons and you saying 1.5ml per gallon WOW huge difference. You do this everyday?
thank you so much i did this step by step and it was not what i expected!!! it was such a huge benefit to my shrimp they started to come up front and eat agin together and i seen shrimp i havent seen in a while. thanks so much.i owe you one
Yes Mark, this is Fantastic stuff for aquarium use. And YES, Handle carefully!!!
I'm so glad I found your channel, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge!
You are so welcome!
Hi Mark. Great video, thanks for sharing. Couple of questions if I may please:
- Why shut off the filter and why for 1 hour? Does the H2O2 harm the bio-filter and is it then gone from the water / safe after 1 hour?
- Have you any experience with higher doses and what a safe maximum limit (for neo's) might be?
- How often do you treat your tanks with H2O2?
Many thanks, James :)
I've used this method for hair algae before. Hopefully it works again for green spot and green dust algae! Thanks for all the info.
I think this may have saved my shrimp!
I put hydrogen peroxide dose you recommended in one of my nano tanks (that also had a little bit of hydra in it) last week and this week, there is no visible hydra anymore! That's another bonus! :) Thanks Mark.
awesome !!!
My god you were so right, my shrimps were not very active, two of the 11 almost lost their colours, and none came out for the blanched vegetables so I suspected some sort of bacteria problem, I followed your h2o2 instructions. There was a huge immediate difference. They are a lot more active now, it's like they got a breath of fresh air. I will check on the two losing colours when they pop out of hiding and I will try to give them some veggies hopefully they eat now
I have a feeling you might be feeding them to much, cut back on the food and see how you get on.
@@MarksShrimpTanks I've had them for more than 3 weeks now, I put 1 small slice of cucumber for 4 hours once, isn't it like a weekly or biweekly kinda treat?
Hey Mark. Great video as always. I used to use h2o2 in my fish tanks for years when treating algae or even bacterial infections. (In larger quantities than you use for shrimp so I assume shrimp are more sensitive to it than fish as my fish never were bothered by it)
I now use in all my shrimp tanks once you confirmed safe dosage for shrimp safety. Thanks a lot for your videos.
Also I believe it kills a large percentage of micro fauna (limpets, copepods, midge fly larvae)
I had midge fly larvae in one tank and while not harmful it is very annoying. Small worm like lines stuck to glass and filter and small flys at the surface sometimes.
It killed the midge fly completely.
Also 4.5 litres is approximately 1.18 US gallon according to my conversions.
Do you use stabilized H202 or food grade ?
Seeing a portuguese brand in your videos its so strange and fantastic at the same time. Keep up the great videos.
Unexpected! Muito bom!
This worked like magic for my tank, shrimp and plants😀😀😀 thank you
Great 👍
Works great also for tanks that are already doing good. Now they are doing even better. Great shrimp hack. Thanks for shareing
Hello sir can you confirm for me your last name ? I got your email this morning.
@@MarksShrimpTanks yes my last name is Idrissi. I send the email during the stream
Thank you for the information. Used it in my shrimp and fish tank wow what a difference
Its amazing the difference right ? I can see why people are skeptical but this really does work :)
fish do ok?
1 US Gallon is 3.7 liters for any US shrimp keepers (1 uk gallon is 4.5). Such a pain in the arse converting US beer recipes.
Oh and thanks for the vids Mark. Got my first dedicated shrimp tank cycling with remineralised RO water. Those shrimps will be healthier thanks to you.
Awesome thank you Robert I made a mistake in confusing US gallons with UK gallons , you guys in the US use liters now too?
Nah they never seem to. I'm in the UK but convert a lot of US beer recipes for personnal consumption :)
Hey Marks, 1 gallon is 3.78 L. Is the 1.5 ml for 4.5 L or 1G? Want to make sure I don’t kill skirmish lol
amazing tool. I use it weekly in my 10 tanks.
I learned about this as a side effect after "fogging" some black beard algae plaguing my Taiwan moss using 10% H202 solution. Shrimps started to act far more active and started truly recuperating after a bacterial infection boom.
What do you mean "fogging". I have horrible BBA in my tank, i cant seem to get rid of it.
@@msack6904 Fogging is the act of targeting a specific place with chemicals, in this case H202. I used a medical syringe to do it with the filter off, then used the needle for deeper spots.
EDIT: Also another side effect of burning dead and/or dying leaves, making the moss or plant look more vibrant and healthy
Awesome stuff Mark. Thank you Sir for sharing a great video.
I have used this treatment with my fish tanks. Works great to rid the tank of algae. I didn’t have shrimp at the time.
Its amazing !!! thank you for the feed back Rochelle
fish do ok?
Thank you for the information. I have a 55 gallon with a sump for shrimp. Some string algae has been a pain in my a$$. Might give this a go if the Amano shrimp I picked up dont hold up their end of the deal.
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14:32 - nice timer sir
I have a couple of tanks with some trouble, so now I'm shooting them with this treatment.
Thank you very much!!
I have just tried this method was nervous but my RCS never came out or even fed on the foods given. They would hide and not move too much. So thought I would try this and I cannot believe it, I can see shrimp swimming about and coming to front of tank, it’s completely changed everything, even my Otto cats are loving it. Thanks mark
Chris its literally like a magic cure hahahahaha I love it, If I ever do a top 3 or top5 must haves in the shrimp room H202 is at the top of the list.
Marks Shrimp Tanks quality find mark. I am new to shrimp and your channel inspired me to give it a go, recently I thought I was doing something wrong and they would just hide and not eat but this h202 looks to have changed everything so massively greatful.
Good to hear Chris and nice to see you in the stream, it was you right hahaha
It was mark yes. Good watch
I have actually sprayed straight hydrogen peroxide on moss that had string algae and just put back into the tank with no deaths!
Dont laugh at this knowledge I am about to share with you but I sprayed 12% h202 on my toes treating atheletes foot I get it like once a year normaly when I do a lot of camping in the rain, I have cream for it that always works but I wanted to test H202 and eh it burned my toes 😂
Just did your recommended Dose. Thanks for sharing
let me know how it works out for you
@@MarksShrimpTanks Worked out perfect. I have seen and heard many others talk about Peroxide treatment, but yours are clear and detailed. I 1st treated my Shrimp tank (54 L) and waited an hour to turn on the filter, so far every one including newly born shrimps are all doing well. I already saw some of the hair Algae detached and floating around the tank. I will wait a few days and see if it is needed to do another dose. Today I am doing my 200L tank.
Many thanks for sharing with everyone this and other important steps to learn and improve our skills at aquarium and shrimp keeping. You are bettering the Hobby and making it more enjoyable and giving us a way out of frustrating situations.
Further to my last comment, I have done my other tank and all is well, except I realised that my RICCIA FLUITANS has dies in both tanks. No other plants or shrimps had an issue but maybe because of the RICCIA FLUITANS plant structure. So I don't recommend this treatment to tanks that contain this plant.
tired doing this over the weekend. and even took out a drift wood, rock, deco etc to spray with H2O2. the beard algae on rock, deco turned purple within hours after rinse and putting back to tank. but the drift wood was a mixed. there were water plants glued to the wood, most of the beaer algae on the plants turned purple, but the algae that was on the wood itself didnt.
Wow... I'm.... I'm speechless... This actually works.. Been battling hair algae for months and this method got rid of it in 2 days 😲 . Thank you, Mark!
Hello Marks. Instead of using H202 i use a Chihiro Doctor device. The principle is the same . The reaction of the electrolysis produce 0² and H² and helps me to reduce algae propagation. I prefer so far that device because i dont need to put some liquid in my shrimp tank.
Thanks again for ur video.
I think those devices are a gimmick, I understand how they work but they cant add more oxygen than is already there.
Well Mark if the device splits H2O into H2 and O then the O's will find eachother and form O2. It is the exact same thing that happens to H2O2 when it hits the nucleation pebble in the oxydators or any nucleation site in your tank.
OK just done this, I'm scared lol. 15 mins in, fingers crossed
How did It go?
1 US gallon=3.785 liters.
Then do your dosing accordingly! It would be 1.261ml to 1 US gallon. He is rounding it off for ease of measurement.
Your measurement of how much water is in your tank minus substrate and rocks and roots and other things in your aquarium is not going to be precise to the 1/1000 of your US gallon measurement anyway .... It is a safe reference point only. Take the important information and judge yourself on how you want to do it.
Good luck.
Just switch to the metric system already xD
We should call him out on that mistake. 4.5 liters is an Imperial gallon. 3.8 liters is a US gallon. So for a US 10 gallon tank, do around 11.5ml (this doses for 9.1 actual US gallons after you account for gravel/decorations.
And yes, we should switch to the metric system...
@@SoulJah1337 The interesting thing is that the preferred system adopted by congress in 1988 is the metric one, but the US has been using the metric system since the early 1800s.
From
"THE UNITED STATES AND THE METRIC SYSTEM
A Capsule History"
by NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (part of the Department of Commerce)
"Federal agencies were required by this legislation,
with certain exceptions, to use the metric system in their procurement, grants and other business-related activities by the end of 1992. While not mandating metric use in the private sector, the Federal Government has sought to serve as a catalyst in the metric conversion of the country’s trade, industry, and commerce."
www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/pml/wmd/metric/1136a.pdf
Thank you very much for correcting that so I can dose correctly!
Just tested this today. They look they are on crack now! Thanks Mark!!!
Its amazing isnt it :)
Thanks, giving this a go right now.
Hey Mark, I just wanted to make it double and triple clear. You don't turn off sponge filters but in the case of a canister, you turn that off, correct? Also, thank you for all you do. These videos are a life saver.
I turn off all filtration.
Now...!!! I am trying this... And 1 of my fav Bloody Mary fungus is clean from her berries tummy...
I can say... Yes... This is a revolution of Shrimp Keeping...
Also i see planaria suffering... But for the algae i thought not strong enough... But i will try for 2 - 3 times treat following with water change...
Alot thanks to you sir Mark...
Addition : my moss do not melt after 1 hour... Others talk about HP and moss melting... But it seems okay now... At least...
I am the 697th like sir... Thanks..
You are very very welcome my friend :)
How many treatments to clear the green fungus? I have 2 poor shrimp with it now. I've started on the 1st dose today.
@@DogmaniacEve did it work??
@@unlearnr not on mine, they ended up dying (the fungus were green and visible already in those shrimp)
Informative
If it helps the calculations if you make your volume calculations in litres, just divide by 3 to get how many millilitres of H2o2 to dose. then no need to worry about gallon conversions in any country. (1 cubic foot = 28 litres, or 1000 cm^3 = 1 litre. ) so my bow front 90cm tank is 150 litres after taking off gravel etc. so = 50ml of H2o2.
Nice one Del !!!!! I was just thinking how could I make it easier for people to understand and your calculation has made it so people could do the calculation instantly in there own heads more or less !! Thank you sir I will probably mention this in a video and I will give you full credit for it :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks :) great if it helps! Thanks Mark :)
Just measure the dimensions in decimeter, 1 dm = 1/10 of a meter and 10 cm = 1dm, and you get litre. E.g. a normal 60*30*30 cm tank has a volume of 6*3*3 = 54 litre.
@@stefanklein7500 Please remember to measure vertically only to the waterline, then take off a percentage for substrate, wood/rock/ornaments etc.
@@docuk65 Sure, just wanted to show how 1000 cm^3 = 1 litre can be further simplified into 1dm^3 = 1 litre.
Thank you, Mark. I have such a great appreciation for you. My one question would be how often do you recommend doing this treatment?
Hello Tracy, so far I have only done this in tanks where the shrimp look lethargic or in tanks where I had issues with string algae. I wouldnt do it all the time but I have done it in one tank 3 times within a week.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thats good info too. My 40g rcs tank has had so many different issues with the worst and most recent being a bad bacterial bloom. Ive tried everything but to no avail. The funny thing is the shrimp are breeding like rabbits! Lol. I attribute most all of the issues on Black Diamond Blasting Sand substrate. I will never use it again. I dosed the H202 last night and noticed a slight change in behavior but I have a feeling I will need to do this more than once. I will wait 3 days and do it again. Hope all is well with you and yours Mark. Thanks again for everything
Yeah I normally wait a few days and then try it again :)
17:25 I like this tank. What's the scape theme here?
Great video
Hello Matt hows it going ? thank you for the nice comment :)
Im gonna try this once I have healthy strong babies. Im starting to get string algae and I dont like it much.
I did this with young newborn shrimp in the tank in this video actually, as long as you stick to the dose its very safe for shrimp.
Wow! What a great info. Thanks a lot!
Very useful! Thank you for the tip.
Glad i just see this videos, gonna try out in my planted tank, which has lots of fuzzy / hair algae. One question is after 1 hours. Do i have to do water change ?
Sooo... Dos 1000 L per US gallon correct? 😂😂 I’m just kidding I read a lot of the comments and I payed attention to the video. But nice video 👍 You are either one of my favorite RUclipsrs if not my favorite! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much :D
Better to under dose than over dose.
YES !!
@@MarksShrimpTanks just did 5 ml on 25 Ltr. to try it out yesterday and today already half of my string algae is dead and already eaten ! Thanks for all of your great videos Mark and taking away my fear of using it.
Hi Mark,
Thank you for the very informative video, it is much appreciated.
A quick question if you don't mind please?
How many days would you leave before repeating the same dosage?
All the best,
Andy.
Hello, ive done this 4 days in a row before so there really is no cool down period.
Exellent content 😌 thank you 🤩
Glad you liked it!
Yas Mark come through with the tips ❤️🙏
Thank you Kelly
Mark how often can you do this H202 treatment on your tanks.. I added it to all of my tanks today and was shocked at how energetic the shrimp became and seemed to have a boost of enery or vigor they were swimming all over the tanks... Is Bi-weekly too much?
I only do it when I need to, but I have done it in the past before 3 days in a row.
The calculation formula is c1v1=c2v2 (concereation 1 x volume 1 / concentration 2 x volume 2) which makes it easier but you need to know the concentration not the ratio you gave.. but you can work this out with the same formula.
tank volume divided by 3 is by far the easiest way, you just have to change the liters in to milliliters. e.g 21 liter tank divided by 3 is 7 your dose is 7 ml.
Does it kill hydra?
very informative video. any experience with using this on a walstad tank (no filter)? maybe a water change and re-adding beneficial bacteria?
Ok, after that success? I went for more. What I did: I turned off all power, drained down my big tank like I would for a big water change. I then poured peroxide with the bottles pin hole doser over the worst affected plants since not all are. Same for driftwood and rocks,the Pleco keeps them clean. I dosed the Java moss,the Aquatic ferns sp.,the Bacopa,Rotala rotundifolia. Refilled the tank and put on power.
That was Sunday. Today,Monday,I see the algae has turned slightly blanched. Fish are eating that now that it's broken down. I also think the water looks..purer. I THINK the Peroxide kills much of the bacteria that slightly cloudys the water..just a little extra clearer after the normal non dosed water change.
I think this stuff for $2 in a big bottle is a near miracle cure. A great prophylactic to boot!
I well try this on 1 shrimp that has the dreaded green fungus...I well setup a 4.5 liter bucket and add 1.5 ml of h2h. Can i keep him in there or do i remove him
Mark! I dosed about 2.5ml to my 2.6g fluval tank and about a minute after i dosed and swirled the peroxide around the shrimp literally started moving SO MUCH MORE! They look healthy now :)
Hi Mark!
Thanks for that advice - thankfully, H²O² is easy to get here in germany.
I guess, mossballs don't like that treatment too much, right?
yeah its the one plant I probably wouldnt try it with just because they take so long to recover
A gallon is 3.79 liters where I come from in the US
Do you need to do a water change afterwards? When do you add the beneficial bacteria?
Good info buddy
Thanks 👍
Some plants are more sensitive then others Mark. Moss is hardy. Other bunch plants..might not be,or Valls. Another channel sprayed his moss with it and then put back in the tank. He lost a few strands of moss. But his bunch plants- very young- died.
Hi Mark! I have a rampant bacterial infection killing off my shrimp, sped up by the hot temperatures we have had lately! I have done one treatment with h2o2 in an attempt to kill the bacteria to save my remaining shrimp. My question Is, how often can I / should I repeat the h2o2 to try and beat this infection?
I was wondering this same thing
Hi Mark, thanks for your advices. Do I have to change the water after this process?
No need
@@MarksShrimpTanks thanks for your response. My shrimp tank has a big trouble with black hair algae. I will try your method today. Hopefully, the H2O2 will help to solve that problem.
Howzit Mark. Would you recommend this as a regular treatment as part of your maintenance regime? Or iss simply a corrective measure? Awesome video BTW. Thank You.
I do it every now and again in every tank and I see a massive difference in the shrimp, you think to yourself yes they are healthy then try this treatment and see the difference. I think whats happening is it reduces the bad bacteria bioload and increases oxygen.
H2O2 is fairly good at removing cyanobacteria as well. A photosynthesizing bacteria that can be toxic over time if your fish and shrimps eat it. They usually won't on purpose, but it does mix in with other types of algae and gets eaten by mistake.
I’ve been using h2o2 for a while now and I can also say I see the jump in shrimp activity but I’ve also noticed it’s more like a temporary boost. I recently lost all of my shrimp in my tank due to what I believe is a fungus that is also effecting my ferns and devastated my S.Repens. I’m actually pretty sure it might have helped the shrimp survive longer and gave me enough time to fight off the fungus by manually removing it daily. It’s been nearly a 2 month long battle that is I hope finally commin to an end. Spot treatment with everything basically did nothing to what ever this was/is and I’ve found little info that related to my specific situation. But back to the topic at hand so far I’ve only seen good things from fairly regular use and I’m pretty sure like I said it was the only thing that some what held things off until I cld basically save my plants at least. I’m ordering my nxt batch of shrimp this weekend. Fingers crossed all is well now. Nano fish seem happier then ever and plants are looking good and ferns and s repens are bouncing back. Prolly just see if I can get some neos to breed and I’ll be thrilled after that battle.
@@stevenquigley9139 Was this fungus a whispy white gunk? If so it is a fungus but it is called white water mold, and it feeds off PVC and other plastics. You need light and strong UV light to help kill it off. Bleach, H2O2, doesn't seem to affect it, much. This guy, Dan Hiteshew had it growing in one of his quarantine tanks/filter. First in a small series of videos and how he treated it. ruclips.net/video/8s5r8G7RVBk/видео.html
Do we need to change the water after this process
no, the water will be cleaner than when you started
any reason why you have bricks in most of your tank?
What i think is it's to block/diffuse the flow from the power head to the front of the tank because he likes to feed the shrimps there. Plus it gives the shrimps more surface area to graze and hide.
Mark, great video as usual. I noticed a few people have asked "how often" should they do the H202 dosing, but I can't spot any replies. Can you help at all please?
Just do it everytime you see a problem with the tank. For me usually, just one treatment will do the job. Then i do a water change the next day and add new bacteria in. If the problem persist, do it again one week later. I've tried doing it twice a week, fish and shrimp seems to be fine but the snails didn't like it. They'll hide in their shell for 2-3 days after each treatment.
I just want to know how many times you do it? Is that every week or once a month?
Thanks Mark.
Why do people with sponge filters not need to turn them off? You mention turning off your filters isolates them, but if you have sponge filters do they need to be taken out?
You would remove a sponge filter from the aquarium to protect the bacteria on and in it.
hey mark, when doing this do you need to do a water change after the treatment? thx you
No that is the absolute wonderful thing about H202 there is no nasty stuff left after using it, once it oxidizes organics it splits into pure oxygen and pure water, what I do is just do my weekly water changes on time regardless of when I did the H202 Treatment.
You mentioned you turn off the filter to keep the h202 from hurting the bacteria in your power head, so with a Hamburg filter do you recommend doing this?
yes all filtration
EXCELLENT, I have heard of people dosing 3 days in a row, What would be the max you would recommend ?
The max I have done is 3 days in a row, I know for sure that prolonged use probably will damage the shrimp, I have seen studies here in Norway that they did on farmed shrimp.
I hope it doesn't effect my fish or snails either. I just picked up a Siamese flying fox today & a huge amano shrimp to add to the others. I spent several hours grooming the tank but I've still got black beard algae all over my plants. 🤨
Yes I enjoyed the video & gave it a like.
As Bill said below 1 US gallon is 3.78 litres my friend.
Thank you sir :)
Might want to double check the units and make sure you know how many litres are in a US gallon
this was corrected a long time ago with follow up videos.
Hi Mark... used your info on my 3 shrimp tanks ... its brought a new lease of life to them ... I do have an issue with my blue dreams in a 5 gallon tank ... started with 5 .. I now have 40/50 I have a 25 gallon ready to go .. how do I collect all the babies safely from the tank to transfer them .. regards frank
Is this safe to do with snails in the tank?
yes
Hi Mark, love your video's and have just recently purchased some stuff from your shop which i'm very pleased with, help me out here would you as i'm confused with regards to the filter, i have sponge filters should i stop them and leave them in the tank or take them out altogether which i can drop into the tank next to it??, many thanks and keep the video's coming:)
Hi! Should I remove my spike snails and rabbit snails to do this? I'm used to treating aquarium plants with peroxide to get rid of snail eggs...I dont want to kill my snails 😭
I would need a cup of it for my big (240 USA gallons) tank. Risky!
Mark,would much lower doses work slower and well? I just dipped handfulls of infested Java moss i just trimmed and put in a small jelly jar with heavy dose of Peroxide. I waited until the sides of the glass bubbled...then in about 15 minutes took the moss out and put back in the tank in slightly less light. We will see.
I then poured the bottle in the tank.
Hate hair algae!
Give us an update please?! 😷🤪
@@HAL-dm1eh It worked. It totally killed off the algae. As a matter of fact,once that thick covering of hair algae fell out? I saw that 75% of what I thought was moss,was algae. HP is the only way to go with hair algae-especially on Java moss. In fact once you break it down?..fish and snails will then eat the "blanched" algae like desert.
@@StanTheObserver-lo8rx Thanks for the response! Glad to hear everything worked out for you!
Thanks Mark I continue to send people with shrimp questions to you. :). I have a question about the filter. If I have a corner filter (or sponge) do I need to pull it out?
Hello Sir, thank you and no you dont have to pull the filter just turn it off, you want the bacteria inside it to have a little protection for an hour until the h202 is spent :)
Thank you for the video, i'll try this out. I also got 2 questions.
1.Will this help shrimp bacterial infections?
2. How often do you do this? Once a week?
Yes it does, I only do this when I have an issue in a tank, I have done it 3 days in a row before ro kill string algae :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks Nice! Also, do you do a water change before or after the use? Or just keep the regular schedule?
I just do thinks as normal :)
You're the man! I've got some yellow neos that seem lethargic. They are still breeding, slowly. I'm gonna do a half dose per your recommendation, just for a little 02 boost, and see how they react.
Trust me this works absolute wonders in a tank :)