Adding hydrogen peroxide to water

[fla pat]

:notsure: I have herd about people adding hydrogen peroxide to the water when the power is out to add oxygen to the water. Is this ok do do in an emergency??

 

[kistheeze]

sound's like a bad idea. What's wrong with a battery powered airpump?

 

[fla pat]

I thought it did too. but when the city has no power and store are not open, you start to wonder about things you here on the radio. I was with out pwoer for three days and the fish seem fine. I will have the batter back-up for the next big storm.

 

[petem]

Well, I posted a while back that I added peroxide in my outdoor freshwater pond to get O2 in the water. Even with an airstone. Only because when i came home and it had been 90degrees all day, and my Goldfish were upside down in the plants, I didnt think that was so good. Now there is a formula, I dont remember what it is, because I dismantled the pond. I didnt just throw a whole bottle of peroxide in there. I think it was a few onces per 50gallons...or something like that. I also never said to add that to saltwater.
on a similar note... I too bought an battery powered airpump. Then I went out and said to hell with the money, and bought a gas powered generator. I'm hoping I never have to use it, but i'm prepared. In my area, we lost power for one whole day, on a beautiful sunny day. Now that was weird.

 

[kistheeze]

yeah - I bought a 5k watt generator. Little portable one from the Depot. Few weeks later we lost power for 5 days in an icestorm.
Best $500 I ever spent.