Hydrogen peroxide newbie
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Unga Bunga
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When I see hypochlorous acid and 50% H2O2 in the same thread it gives me the heebie jeebies . Don't mix the two .
Doesn't the h202 just kill everything?
futurebanjo
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It kills any fungus and bacteria, including beneficials, it doesn't discriminate. It doesn't harm the plant though.
Power Si just looks like a silicone additive so shouldn't really be affected, I wouldn't think.
What do you use to start the bacteria? Does the water get slime and plug stuff up?
driver77
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I put a tbsp in 25gal rez every once in awhile...of the Hydroguard. No plugging anything up....I do get a light film on the rez walls though. I run flood and drain and wick bases for soil with no issues.
MPGrowdude
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This works out to 1% total h202
Ok I always thought hydroguard was peroxide or something heard it come up a few times but never looked into it. Who makes it. So this eli.inates the need for sterilization of the system.
How can I tell if I have good or bad microbes? I get some slime on airstone when usually only when I use carboblast a carbohydrate supplement from future harvest.
driver77
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Hydroguard is just a brand of beneficial bacteria....Southern Ag is another that is cheaper. It's best to go one way or the other...sterile or BB. As far as determining what you have growing now I would have no idea.....that's why it's best to go one way or the other.
And if I start bb it will all be bb because they kill the bad ones?
compassionateExotic
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Bacillus amyloliquefaciens is a species of bacterium in the genus Bacillus that is the source of the BamHI restriction enzyme. It also synthesizes a natural antibiotic protein barnase, a widely studied ribonuclease that forms a famously tight complex with its intracellular inhibitor barstar, and plantazolicin, an antibiotic with selective activity against Bacillus anthracis.[1]
Scientific classification | |
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| Bacillus amyloliquefaciens | |
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Caryophanales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Bacillus |
| Species: | B. amyloliquefaciens |
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens - Wikipedia
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driver77
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yes...the bb will over crowd all other bacteria.
Ok great thanks for info seems the bb is the way to go instead of h202. The h202 is pricey.
I've seen guys brewing their own bb in a pail with a airstone
budman111
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This, plus it only says active for a few days, Pyth comes back with a vengeance in no time so I would only use Pythoff for a sterile tank now plus it stays active for about a week.
Tolerance Break
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When I run Hydro, I change my res once a week (2 when life gets busy) I add h2o2 every 3 days. Keeping the res cool and limiting light exposure is a tremendous help.
budman111
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No matter what I do I get it bad without using pythoff, even when I used H2o2 with a weekly change and even a top up mid week with H2o2 it got bad after a few days, pythoff also keeps the pump pipe from clogging with it so even has another benefit for use.
I find this also happens to me but only when I use carboblast in flower mostly what is pythoff. I was using a product called tarantula from advanced nutrients seemed to be foggy still but no slime on resivior. I do drain to waste in coco coir water every hr with a bit of run off most times
budman111
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Could work but a very expensive way of going about it. (plus fuck AN)