Potassim Permanganate

[moik]

what department at Lowes would you find it?

[mmorris]

An excellent article:
http://www.bidka.org/pp1.shtml

[moik]

That is a very good article.. Thanks for posting .Just tried Lowes tonight and they do not stock it.

[poconogal]

Notice in that article that it says "relatively safe." I lost 5 Rummy Noses during a recent PP treatment and personally, I think its too much trouble to bother with when there are effective treatments actually meant to be used with fish. After the treatment, someone told me my tee shirt was in the mail, because I now belonged to the club with others who've killed fish with PP. Never again.

[seanyuki]

It easily obtainable in Canada but try this US site.

http://secure.sciencecompany.com/Pot...P6507C670.aspx

Hope this helps

Cheers
Francis

Crystals or powder?

[robby ram]

Does PP kill beneficial bacteria?

[seanyuki]

Potassim Permanganate will kill all beneficial bacteria.

Cheers
Francis

Does PP kill beneficial bacteria?

[poconogal]

Does PP kill beneficial bacteria?

It did not affect my bio filter at all, but I understand that if your filter is not a mature, well established one, it can set it back a bit, but only for a few days, so not too bad. If your bio filter is very newly established however, it can set it back a lot.

[CLaman]

Potassim Permanganate will kill all beneficial bacteria.

Cheers
Francis

Thread ressurection,

First post, and have been reading through the libraries carefully before asking this question.

Since PP is indescriminate and it will kill all bacteria...will it be necessary to re-cycle my tank?

poconogal's response has left me with a very unsure feeling.

I would hazard to say PP dosing is best done in a QT? Or is the goal to purge the tank completely of parasites, and move forward?

[roundfishross]

pp oxidizes all organic matierial it will destroy your bio. the filtration should be removed only airation during treatment. it would be impossible to maintain treatment with bio still in operation the pp will turn brown too quickly. your tank needs to be as spottless as possible before you start the treatment

[CLaman]

pp oxidizes all organic matierial it will destroy your bio. the filtration should be removed only airation during treatment. it would be impossible to maintain treatment with bio still in operation the pp will turn brown too quickly. your tank needs to be as spottless as possible before you start the treatment

exactly what I needed to know. Thank you!

[Moon]

I usually remove the filters during treatment. I know some of the pathogens may be in the filter and reinfect the fish. I treat at a minimum 3 times every third day. This process takes care of the problem.

[nc0gnet0]

pp oxidizes all organic matierial it will destroy your bio. the filtration should be removed only airation during treatment.

If the filtration is removed then any living parasites in the filter get to live. Proper treatment requires removal of the filter material and subsequent sterilization of the filter.

I have seen well established pond filters make it through a 4 hour PP treatment, but I don't see this happening in an aquarium environment. The protocal I use for dosing a pond requires 4 treatments over the course of 8 days.

[Tito]

Potassim Permanganate = this is also good for foot fungus. I heard it turns your skin brown but after a while it goes away.

It was used in the past as an antifungal for humans.

[aequifasciatus]

Here's a link to an article by the late Jim Quarles about PP

http://www.discusnews.com/article/cat-02/pp.shtml

Aequifsciatus