PP is a strong oxidizer. If the pond has much mulm in it, it is impossible
to get a dose strong enough to keep its purple/pink/champagne color very
long. For killing parasites, it requires the color stay for 6 to 8 hours.
I have found it useful, through many applications in sequence at recommended
dosage to clean some of the mulm out of the rocks in those rock bottom
ponds. If you have a rock bottom pond, the mulm keeps it from ever really
maintaining the concentration long enough to do the parasites.
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RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"Bonnie Espenshade" wrote in message
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BenignVanilla wrote:
"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message
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Be very, very careful with this stuff. If you're prone to making contact
with stuff when you play with it, wear rubber gloves. If you get it on
your
skin, have some peroxide right there to apply to your skin, or be
prepared
to look like strong tea until your skin flakes off. It will permanently
stain clothes and most other stuff it comes in contact with. It can be
very
scary stuff, but it's also very useful. I finally got over my fear of
the
stuff last year . . .it has too many benefits not to use.
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OK, my interest is peaked...what is this stuff?
BV.
It is a very potent chemical. It can be used to treat
plants to kill off bugs and also to treat sick fish. People
have been known to kill off their fish accidentally when
trying to treat the pond. If used correctly, it's great.
I'm not brave enough to use the stuff - never had the need yet!
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Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/