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The problem with adding peroxide in combination with Rid-X, is....the peroxide will kill the good bacteria, the Rid-X is trying to promote.
If you read my post earlier, you'll notice it took about a month for the Rid-X to kill the algae, it does not happen over night.
If you jump the gun and not allow Rid-X to work... it won't.
Another problem, is removing all decor....
that decor is filled with Cyanobacteria spores, the ones you want the Rid-X to outcompete.
When you put decor back, you will be reintroducing all those same spores.
 
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duanes said:
The problem with adding peroxide in combination with Rid-X, is....the peroxide will kill the good bacteria, the Rid-X is trying to promote.
If you read my post earlier, you'll notice it took about a month for the Rid-X to kill the algae, it does not happen over night.
If you jump the gun and not allow Rid-X to work... it won't.
Another problem, is removing all decor....
that decor is filled with Cyanobacteria spores, the ones you want the Rid-X to outcompete.
When you put decor back, you will be reintroducing all those same spores.
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But doesn’t hydrogen peroxide kill the spores?
 
Cyanobacteria are tough critters, they often withstand everything from boiling volcanic sulfur springs, to frozen antarctic seas.
Although the peroxide may kill some, probably not all.
And peroxide has a short half life, degrading quickly, and loosing its oomph for resistant organisms.
The aerobic animals Rid-X promotes are generally much more sensitive.
And only 1 dose of Rid-X may not be enough, I believe member "RD" said he added it regularly (once per week(?)) as a continuous prophylactic regime.
I added it once per month for at least 6 months to make sure any residual spores were eliminated.

Similar to a regime, used when trying to kill ick, one dose is usually not enough, I keep up my saline (3ppt) treatment when treating ick, for at least a month or more.
 
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I agree. I dislike the look of pool filter sand. At the time red garnet sand was to expensive. I love that sand, and I want it, but wouldn’t that be bad for the tank? Taking all the sand out, then adding new sand. Wouldnt that be bad for the health of the tank?
 
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I agree. I dislike the look of pool filter sand. At the time red garnet sand was to expensive. I love that sand, and I want it, but wouldn’t that be bad for the tank? Taking all the sand out, then adding new sand. Wouldnt that be bad for the health of the tank?
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I once removed all decor and gravel from a tank to replace with new stuff while the fish were still in the tank and nothing bad happened…
Not saying I’d recommend it, but there must have been enough bb for nothing bad to happen.
 
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Removing the sand will remove a big chunk of your heterotrophic bacteria that consumes organics. Reg garnet hasn't gotten any cheaper. You will have a white hazines to the water until the heterotrophic bacteria re-establishes itselft. Your water will also stink, so you might as remove chunks of it with each water change and do at least a 50% water change.
 
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"Ditch that silica sand. Free silicate and diatoms…. Together forever."

This is not correct. The "silica" in silica sand is Quartz. As such, it is inert in water. It cannot contribute to the silicate excess in a tank, as each atom of Is (Silicon) has each attaching place covered with O (Oxygen atoms). SiO4.
The aquarium glass is mostly made of the same, only shaped, and with other trace elements. We don't believe that the aquarium glass contributes to silicate problems, do we?
The most common and abundant type of minerals on earth are the silicates. Many types. Quartz is not the problem.
 
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