I believe you do have a little room to play with here. The sludge in the tank's filtration system is pretty well solid, and as such we know that CS loses a lot of effectiveness inside stuff like this, ie. in your intestines or in a gel. Thus I think it is likely that one can use an amount that would be theraputic, yet not interfere with the bio-filter significantly. It is just a matter of amount, not uncommom in medicine, where toxic products are often given to a patient in moderation to help something, yet more of it would kill them, ie. chemo, quinine, strictnine, even asprin.
Marshall "M. G. Devour" wrote: > > A friend of mine has a fish tank with a mold problem. The fish and > > water plants affected. Does anyone know if it's safe to add a large > > amount of CS to the water? > > I'll only caution you about your tank's filtration system. If you're > using any of the biological filter schemes, your CS will obliterate > the good bacteria along with whatever else you want to kill. > > Disruption the bio-filter can be disastrous if you're not prepared to > cope, leading to a dump of metabolites from all the dead bacteria, > and, depending on the fish load, a rapid spike in ammonia levels. > Ammonia is *extremely* toxic to fish. > > If you're prepared to maintain the water quality by charcoal > filtration or frequent water changes until the bio filter becomes > re-established, then you might give it a go. Good luck. > > Be well, > > Mike D. > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [mdev...@eskimo.com ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
