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Dosing a reef tank with hydrogen peroxide?
In reading about the subject and H2O2's rate of oxidation, etc., I've been thinking about something. If we use O3 to increase redox values in our tank, could we use hydrogen peroxide similarly, albeit in extremely low concentrations? My theory is that since O3 is unstable, its extra oxygen atom wants to bind with anything it can find. Some of those oxygen atoms bind with waste to create larger compounds that your skimmer can remove, but wouldn't some of those oxygen atoms bind with the water in your tank to produce H2O2? Therefore...could we skip the interim and just dose peroxide straight? I'm debating whether or not to begin a dosing regiment based on drops per hour from a storage bottle. I would start small, in 1mL/24 hour doses, slowly increasing the rate until stress was noted.
The only problem is that I don't have a way of measuring redox, and I've also just begun a vodka-dosing regiment and thus my results would be inconclusive based on extraneous inputs.
Input from someone with a strong chemisty background, or someone with practical experiance would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
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