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Has anyone here dosed hydrogen peroxide ?
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The reason I asked the question is because I was talking to a chemical engineer friend of mine about ozone and he suggested hydrogen peroxide insted 
he is an experiansed chemist but not too familiar with aquarium chemistry
he is an experiansed chemist but not too familiar with aquarium chemistry 
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From what i understand so far is ozone has 1 more atom of oxygen, and hydrogen peroxide has 2, both release the extra atoms when in contact with water, but they sterilize water and kill bacteria when thats done. Hey what you want from me I am an electrizian.
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Sure. But if that is the intended purpose then I would think oxygenation using a skimmer or surface agitation is better, predicable and more fail-safe.
I read a couple of threads after I posted this morning and all I could determine was that some people had success directly injecting h2o2 in cyano to get rid of it. Again, to me there seems to be better means of doing this, as well.
As far as replacing ozone, I can't speak to that at all. The only application that I know of for ozone in aquariums is associated with skimmers to aid in the breakdon of organics and to clarify water. I've not used it so I can't say if HP will effectively replace it, although I doubt it will (effectively).
I read a couple of threads after I posted this morning and all I could determine was that some people had success directly injecting h2o2 in cyano to get rid of it. Again, to me there seems to be better means of doing this, as well.
As far as replacing ozone, I can't speak to that at all. The only application that I know of for ozone in aquariums is associated with skimmers to aid in the breakdon of organics and to clarify water. I've not used it so I can't say if HP will effectively replace it, although I doubt it will (effectively).
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As a microbiologist I can tell you that what you are saying is true...sort of. However, neither one is very effective at all. I run a UV unit on my 90 but it is in place to help with water clarity not bacterial control. UV units have to be much much larger than what we place on our tanks to effectively kill bacteria. Anyway, why would we want to? They mostly serve a good purpose.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10958043#post10958043 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 0 Agios
From what i understand so far is ozone has 1 more atom of oxygen, and hydrogen peroxide has 2, both release the extra atoms when in contact with water, but they sterilize water and kill bacteria when thats done. Hey what you want from me I am an electrizian.
In order for ozone to kill bacteria it has to be in a fairly high concentration to be effective...mostly because it does not exist as ozone for very long because it is very unstable. O3 (unstable ozone)want to break down to O2 (stable). The extra O combines with the other extra O's to form O2.
Enough science...time to drink and raise my alcohol saturation level. Where can I get one of those beer belts? :beer:
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