I posted this in 3reef forums. Figured I would drop the link here in case anyone is interested. If you have any questions PM me.
Yeah we’ve been talking about that a little already. Just waiting on someone to bite the bullet and get one to try it out. ;D
Works great. Anyone is welcome to use the one i made.
Think I may take the plunge and try this. I've tried just about all of the so called cures and can't get rid of them.It is REALLY easy to make. Just go to my DIY and follow the directions.
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It is REALLY easy to make. Just go to my DIY and follow the directions.[/quote]
Yeah was reading may need to try and make one.
Thanks for the link.
Sounds interesting. Might have to try.
I use a syringe filled with lemon juice. Simply inject the aptasia and they will disappear in a few days. Only draw back is that you have to wait until they are large enough to inject.
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I use a syringe filled with lemon juice. Simply inject the aptasia and they will disappear in a few days. Only draw back is that you have to wait until they are large enough to inject.[/quote]
Andrew have you had them come back?? I've used 3 marketed brands and they all do just that, treat the little pests, they shrivel up and several weeks later there back, and in most cases worse then what I started with.95% of the time the first injection will kill the apatasia. If it hasn’t dissolved within a few days, I’ll use another injection. You have to make sure you actually inject the apatasia directly, which can be a challenge sometimes.
But i am 100% positive it is not as much fun as using the “zapper”
It looks like you are doing a little electrolysis with the probe, by all the bubbles coming off the tip. if so, when you do that in salt water, you are making bleach. Sodium Hypochlorite. so don’t leave it in too long.
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It looks like you are doing a little electrolysis with the probe, by all the bubbles coming off the tip. if so, when you do that in salt water, you are making bleach. Sodium Hypochlorite. so don’t leave it in too long.[/quote]
Ken know all and tells all
The raw materials for making household bleach are chlorine, caustic soda, and water. The chlorine and caustic soda are produced by putting direct current electricity through a sodium chloride salt solution in a process called electrolysis. commonly used until around World War I, when liquid chlorine and sodium hypochlorite solutionsâ€â€ÂÂÂÂÂÂthe forerunners of modern household bleachâ€â€ÂÂÂÂÂÂwere introduced. About this time, researchers found that injecting salt water with electrical current broke down the salt (sodium chloride) molecules and produced a compound called sodium hypochlorite. This discovery enabled the mass production of sodium hypochlorite, or chlorine, bleach.Read more: How bleach is made - material, manufacture, making, history, used, components, steps, product, industry, machine, History, Types of Bleach, Raw Materials How bleach is made - material, manufacture, making, history, used, components, steps, product, industry
Correct, kind of.
The Sodium Hydroxide produced in this method is not even measurable by normal methods.
The bubbles you are seeing at the Cathode (pointer) are Hydrogen Bubbles.
Chlorine is produced on the Anode but the metal (Stainless) is isolated from the aqueous solution and instead replaced with Graphite significantly reducing the amount produced.
I don’t know? does that mean i was right or wrong? There seems to be several ways to produce NaClO, and electrolyzing a brine solution is one. or can produce Chlorine gas directly. eather way, not good.
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but you only do it for short zaps. so no problem.