graying.geek
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Yes. These are mutually exclusive methods of rez maintenance.Will h202 kill off the bacteria in hydroguard?
Yes. These are mutually exclusive methods of rez maintenance.Will h202 kill off the bacteria in hydroguard?
Sometime can take acouple daysH2O2 breaks down fast in an operating system. It's pretty much gone after a couple of hours.
I prefer to run sterile from start fo finnish. You can then use h2o2 anytime.Thank you. I'm running dwc for the first time and I was told to use hydroguard but ended up getting some brown roots so I wash and flushed with H2O2 just wondering when I should introduce hydroguard again. and also should I mix hydro guard into my bucket first and then have a separate nutrient mix to add as needed?
The benefits can last several days, but H2O2 breaks down in a matter of hours in nutrient solution with organic matter. Wait a couple of hours or a couple of days.Sometime can take acouple days
For bennies, Southern Ag Garden Friendly Fungicide is the bees knees. Lately, I've been going away from H2O2 to Pool Shock for my room temp hydro buckets. Seems equally effective, and much, much cheaper.ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ: said:I prefer to run sterile from start fo finnish. You can then use h2o2 anytime.
Hydroguard has failed me several times when the water got too warm.
You can run a sterile rez using a product like UC root, or some have found success with chlorine or bleach
I've tried one of these, and it did a good job of keeping the free floating fungi at bay, algae had a tendency to stick to the walls, thus avoiding the kill chamber.do the submersible uv pumps in reservoirs only prevent/fight algae or do they kill bad bacteria and prevent root rot?
Yes. It will attack anything organic but will target anaerobic stuff first so tends to target bad bacteria and fungi that causes root rot with just a little damage to healthy tissue.Will h202 kill off the bacteria in hydroguard?
3% food grade? No such thing as far as I know. The 3% bought at drug stores here has stabilizers and preservatives in it to help prevent it breaking down when diluted so low and is definitely not food grade. To treat root rot with 35% food grade peroxide you need to use at least 2ml/L/day for 2 or 3 days at least. 4ml/L for bad infections. To get the same strength using 3% you have to use 11x as much so 22 - 44ml/L or 88 - 172ml/gal.With H2O2? I got a whole bottle of 3% food grade how would I even do that so every water change instead of hydroguard + 30 mils per gallon of 3%?
Please tell us how you measure this?Sometime can take acouple days
24 hours with full exposurePlease tell us how you measure this?
"The average degradation half-life for hydrogen peroxide in the atmosphere (from different atmospheric conditions) is 24 hours."
In aerated water with degrading plant matter the half-life is practically a couple of hours like stated above.
Keeping bacterial growth at bay and sterilizing is one thing, residual effect and dosing frequency another.24 hours with full exposure
It doesn't disipate in the bottle in 24 hours
Maybe its bro science but I've researched it can take a couple few dayd
That's correct. It will last about 24 hours at most in the tank. Some is lost to degredation but most will be used up oxidizing organics. Mainly anerobic, (dead and rotting), materials but if none present it will still oxidize healthy tissue like feeder roots and the roots themselves. Small maintenance amounts like 0.5ml/L of 35% won't hurt healthy roots at all tho.Keeping bacterial growth at bay and sterilizing is one thing, residual effect and dosing frequency another.
While H2O2 is effective at sterilizing and killing bacteria, it has very short to no residual effect. You may even get away with dosing once a week, that doesn't mean the compound (hydrogen peroxide) is active at sterilizing for the whole week. Hope that make sense, Cheers!
It's weird that peroxide tastes like bleach but has zero chlorine in it. Some people drink the stuff too but not the 3% from the drug store. Only food grade. I gargle with colloidal silver. Doesn't have much taste but fixes abscessed teeth.3% can be used to gargle, or brush your teeth with.. For some reason after you do that, you get an urge to brush you teeth with toothpaste..
I just accidentally read this post and I had an epiphany. Maybe jonny is doing things all wrong here making life harder on his self than needed. I hate changing reservoirs. Let me say that again. I hate changing reservoirs. If I can use that pool shock and get away with not constantly cleaning and sanitizing my reservoir I'm onboard. I wouldn't give the suggestion much consideration if it came from anyone else. Thanks dude. I actually have a bag of hth pool shock on hand I bought off amazon like 4 years ago, because guys were talking about using that instead of more costly options with great success. For some reason I was afraid I'd fuck up the ratio and cause problems so I never actually used it. I'm going to apply .3g to my 30 gallon reservoir and see how it goes. Stoked to the fucking tits dude! Winning the lottery? That's cool, sure. Solving a back breaking problem that forever makes your life easier - priceless.I don't change my reservoir. About 4 PPM is strong and will do the job. I have been able to get away with less.
With pool shock 0.1 grams in 10 gallons = 1 PPM free chlorine.
A little goes a long way. Don't get the super shock, just plain HTH pool shock.
The difficult part is the chlorine breaks down and does need to be replaced in time, so you either have to change out or you have to add some but home much can be a mystery unless you can test for chlorine ppm with strips etc. Same situation with H2O2 but I am unsure how you can test for whats left when add backs are required.I just accidentally read this post and I had an epiphany. Maybe jonny is doing things all wrong here making life harder on his self than needed. I hate changing reservoirs. Let me say that again. I hate changing reservoirs. If I can use that pool shock and get away with not constantly cleaning and sanitizing my reservoir I'm onboard. I wouldn't give the suggestion much consideration if it came from anyone else. Thanks dude. I actually have a bag of hth pool shock on hand I bought off amazon like 4 years ago, because guys were talking about using that instead of more costly options with great success. For some reason I was afraid I'd fuck up the ratio and cause problems so I never actually used it. I'm going to apply .3g to my 30 gallon reservoir and see how it goes. Stoked to the fucking tits dude! Winning the lottery? That's cool, sure. Solving a back breaking problem that forever makes your life easier - priceless.