Fish + peroxide compatibility list

[Humblefish]

Please list all fish you have used H2O2 on + ppm concentration & duration (how long?) so I can begin compiling a list. Also mention if you noticed any adverse reactions either during or after the bath.

Currently the “standard” is to treat @ 150ppm for 30 minutes as outlined here: Hydrogen Peroxide – Marine Fish Diseases and Treatment

GREEN = SUCCESSFUL
ORANGE = SUCCESSFUL BUT FISH HAD AN ADVERSE REACTION
RED = NOT SUCCESSFUL / FISH DIED

Angels (Dwarf)

• Bicolor (Centropyge bicolor) 2x
• Coral Beauty (Centropyge bispinosa) 8x
• Eibli (Centropyge eibli) 1x
• Flame (Centropyge loricula) 3x
• Flame/Rusty Hybrid Angel (Centroypge loricula x ferrugata) 1x
• Flameback (Centropyge acanthops) 2x
• Golden (Centropyge aurantia) 1x
• Keyhole (Centropyge tibicen) 1x
• Lamarck (Genicanthus lamarcki) 1x
• Lemonpeel (Centropyge flavissimus) 4x
• Multibar (Paracentropyge multifasciata) 2x
• Multicolor (Centropyge multicolor) 3x
• Potters (Centropyge potteri) 4x
• Pygmy Cherub (Centropyge argi) 4x
• Rusty (Centropyge ferrugata) 1x

Angels (Large)

• Bellus (Genicanthus bellus) 1x
• Blue (Holacanthus bermudensis) 1x
• Blueface (Pomacanthus hometopon) 2x
• Emperor (Pomacanthus imperator) (juvenile) 4x (adult) 1x
• Koran(Pomacanthus semicirculatus) 2x
• Majestic (Pomacanthus navarchus) 2x
• Queen (Holacanthus ciliaris) 4x
• Regal (Pygoplites diacanthus) 3x
• Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor) 1x
• Singapore (Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus) 1x
• Spotbreast Angelfish (Genicanthus melanospilos) 1x
• Xanthurus Cream Angelfish (Apolemichthys xanthurus) 1x

Anthias

• Bimac (Pseudanthias bimaculatus) 3x
• Dispar (Pseudanthias dispar) 4x
• Fathead Sunburst (Serranocirrhitus latus) 4x
• Ignitus (Pseudanthias ignitus) 5x
• Lyretail (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) 16x
• Princess Anthias (Pseudanthias smithvanizi) 18x
• Red-Bar Anthias (Pseudanthias cooperi) 9x
• Resplendent (Pseudanthias pulcherrimus) 1x
• Squareback (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) 1x
• Sunset Anthias (Pseudanthias parvirostris) 5x
• Ventralis (Pseudanthias ventralis) 1x

Basslets/Grammas

• Assessor Basslet (Blue) (Assessor macneilli) 1x
• Black Cap Basslet (Gramma melacara) 3x
• Chalk Basslet (Serranus tortugarum) 5x
• Royal Gramma (Gramma loreto) 7x
• Swales Swissguard Basslet (Liopropoma swalesi) 2x

Blennies

• Barnacle Blenny (Acanthemblemaria sp. ?) 1x
• Bicolor Blenny (Ecsenius bicolor) 5x
• Forktail Blenny (Meiacanthus atrodorsalis) 2x
• Horned Blenny (Hypsoblennius exstochilus?) 1x
• Kamohara Blenny (Meiacanthus kamoharai) 1x
• Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) 5x
• Midas Blenny (Ecsenius midas) 10x
• Pictus Blenny (Ecsenius pictus) 1x
• Sailfin Blenny (Emblemaria pandionis) 1x
• Starry Blenny (Salarias ramosus) 5x
• Striped Fang Blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) 1x
• Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) 6x

Butterflyfish

• Auriga (Chaetodon auriga) 2x
• Burgess (Chaetodon burgessi) 2x
• Copperband (Chelmon rostratus) 10x
• Dot-Dash Butterflyfish (Chaetodon punctatofasciatus) 2x
• Latticed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon rafflesi) 1x
• Longnose (Forcipiger flavissimus) 5x 1x
• Pakistan (Chaetodon collare) 1x
• Pearlscale (Chaetodon xanthurus) 1x
• Raccoon (Chaetodon lunula) 1x
• Saddleback (Chaetodon ephippium) 2x
• Schooling Heniochus (Heniochus diphreutes)) 4x
• Yellow Pyramid (Hemitaurichthys polylepis) 5x

Cardinalfish

• Banggai (Pterapogon kaudernii) 14x
• Pajama (Sphaeramia nematopterus) 22x

Clownfish

• Black Ice 2x
• Black Onyx True Percula (Amphiprion percula) 2x
• Clarkii (Amphiprion clarkii) 2x
• Longfin Clownfish 1x
• MochaVinci Clown (Amphiprion ocellaris 'Mocha' x "DaVinci') 2x
• Maroon (Premnas biaculeatus) 8x
• Ocellaris (Amphiprion ocellaris) 36x 2x
• Percula (Amphiprion percula) 2x
• Picasso (Amphiprion percula 'Picasso') 4x
• Snowflakes (Amphiprion ocellaris 'Snowflake') 2x
• Spotcinctus (Amphiprion bicinctus 'spotcinctus') 2x
• Storm Clown 1x
• Tomato (Amphiprion frenatus) 1x
• Wyoming White (Amphiprion ocellaris 'Wyoming White') 2x

Damsels

• Azure (Chrysiptera hemicyanea) 6x
• Chromis (Chromis viridis) 23x 3x
• Cloudy (Dascyllus carneus) 1x
• Domino (Dascyllus trimaculatus) 1x
• Lemon (Pomacentrus moluccensis) 1x
• Springeri (Chrysiptera cf. springeri) 6x
• Starcki (Chrysiptera starcki) 1x
• Talbot's (Chrysiptera talboti) 9x
• Three Stripe (Dascyllus aruanus) 1x
• Yellowtail (Chrysiptera parasema) 7x

Dottybacks/Pseudochromis

• Indigo Dottyback (Pseudochromis fridmani x sankeyi) 2x
• Neon Dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabraensis) 2x
• Orchid Dottyback (Pseudochromis fridmani) 1x

Eels

• Snowflake (Echidna nebulosa) 1x

Filefish

• Aiptasia Eating Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) 1x 2x (Failed at both 75 & 150ppm)
• Whitespotted Pygmy Filefish (Rudarius ercodes) 3x

Firefish/Dartfish

• Blue Gudgeon Dartfish (Ptereleotris heteroptera) 2x
• Firefish, Helfrichi (Nemateleotris helfrichi) 8x
• Firefish, Purple (Nemateleotris decora) 4x
• Firefish, Red (Nemateleotris magnifica) 7x 1x (Jumped out of bath, which probably contributed to his death)
• Scissortail Dartfish (Ptereleotris evides) 6x
• Zebra Barred Dartfish (Ptereleotris zebra) 3x

Foxface/Rabbitfish

• Barhead spinefoot (Siganus virgatus) 2x
• Bicolor Foxface (Siganus uspi) 3x
• Foxface Lo (Siganus vulpinus) 4x
• Goldspotted Rabbitfish (Siganus punctatus) 2x 1x (Showed advanced signs of Velvet and possible bacterial infection prior to the bath)
• Magnificent Foxface (Siganus magnificus) 3x
• One Spot Foxface (Siganus unimaculatus) 4x

Gobies

• Bella Goby (Valenciennea bella) 2x
• Blue Dot (Valenciennea sexguttata) 2x
• Green Clown Goby (Gobiodon atrangulatus) 3x
• Yellow Clown Goby (Gobiodon okinawae) 5x
• Diamond Goby (Valenciennea puellaris) 5x
• Engineer "Goby" (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) 3x
• Golden Head Goby (Valenciennea strigata) 1x
• Greenbanded Goby (Tigriogobius multifasciatus , formerly Elacatinus multifasciatus) 1x
• Hasselt's Goby (Callogobius hasselti) 1x
• Neon Goby (Elacatinus oceanops) 4x
• Pink Spotted Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus) 1x
• Rainford’s Goby (Koumansetta rainfordi) 1x
• Sharknose Goby (Elacatius evelynae) 2x
• Sleeper Banded (Amblygobius phalaena) 1x
• Two Spot Goby (Signigobius biocellatus) 2x
• Yellow Watchman (Cryptocentrus cinctus) 2x

Hawkfish

• Arc Eye Hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus) 1x
• Falco Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) 1x
• Flame (Neocirrhites armatus) 4x
• Longnose (Oxycirrhites typus) 3x

Hogfish

• Coral Hogfish (Bodianus mesothorax) 1x
• Cuban Hogfish (Bodianus pulchellus) 1x
• Yellow Candy Hogfish (Bodianus bimaculatus) 1x

Jawfish

• Blue Spot Jaw Fish (Opistognathus rosenblatti) 1x
• Pearly Jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) 3x

Mandarins/Dragonets

• Blue Mandarin (Synchiropus splendidus) 2x
• Ocellated Dragonet (Synchiropus ocellatus) 1x
• Ruby Red Dragonet (Synchiropus sycorax) 1x
• Spotted Mandarin (Synchiropus picturatus) 1x

Misc. Fish

• Harlequin Tusk (Choerodon fasciatus) 3x
• Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) 2x
• Pipefish (Alligator) (Syngnathoides biaculeatus) 1x
• Pipefish (Dragon Faced) (Corythoichthys haematopterus) 2x
• Radiata Lionfish (Pterois radiata) 1x
• Seahorse (Lined) (Hippocampus erectus 8x (150ppm for 30 minutes) 1x (75ppm for 30 minutes)
• Spotted Sweetlips (Plectorinchus chaetodonoides) 3x
• Tilefish (Blue Jaw) (Hoplolatilus starcki) 1x
• Tilefish (Skunk) (Hoplolatius marcosi) 1x
• Volitan Lionfish (Pterois volitans) 1x

Puffers/Tobies/Boxfish/Cowfish

• Arothron Puffer (Arothron meleagris) 1x
• Bennett’s Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster bennetti) 1x
• Blue Spotted Puffer (Canthigaster solandri) 2x
• Dogface (Arothron nigropunctatus) 6x
• Porcupine (Diodon holocanthus) 2x
• Reticulate Boxfish (Arothron reticularis) 1x
• Spider Eye (Canthigaster amboinensis) 1x (Survived bath, but died 2 days later without apparent cause)
• Starry Puffer (Arothron stellatus) 1x
• Stars & Stripes (Arothron hispidus) 3x
• Valentini Puffer (Canthigaster valentini) 2x

Tangs

• Chocolate (Mimic Lemon Peel) 4x
• Clown Tang 2x 1x
• Convict 2x 1x 1x
• Desjardini Sailfin Tang 2x
• Eibli Mimic Tang 1x
• Fowleri Tang 2x
• Gem Tang 3x 1x
• Half Black Mimic Tang 1x
• Hippo 12x
• Kole Tang 8x
• Naso (Blonde) 4x
• Naso (Regular) 1x
• Orange Shoulder Tang 2x
• Powder Blue 7x
• Powder Brown 7x
• Purple 8x
• Sailfin Tang 2x
• Scopas 2x
• Short-tail Bristletooth (C. cyanocheilus) 1x
• Sohal 2x
• Tomini 7x
• Whitecheek (Gold-rimmed) 1x
• Whitetail Bristletooth 2x
• Yellow 16x

Triggers

• Blueline Triggerfish (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus) 1x
• Blue Throat (Xanthichthys auromarginatus) 6x 2x
• Bursa Trigger (Rhinecanthus verrucosus) 1x
• Clown Trigger (Balistoides conspicillium) 2x
• Niger Trigger (Odonus niger) 3x

Wrasses/Parrotfish

• Banana Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens) 1x
• Bird Wrasse 1x
• Black Leopard Wrasse 1x
• Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) 2x
• Blue Star Leopard Wrasse 7x
• Brunneus Fairy Wrasse 1x
• Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse 4x 1x 1x
• China Wrasse 2x
• Cleaner Wrasse 3x
• Earmuff Wrasse 1x
• Exquisite Fairy Wrasse 1x 1x
• Flame Wrasse 2x
• Hardwicke Wrasse 1x
• Hooded Fairy Wrasse 2x
• Kuiter's Leopard Wrasse 1x
• Leopard Wrasse (M. meleagris) 1x
• Linespot Flasher Wrasse 1x 1x 2x
• Longfin Fairy Wrasse 2x
• Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse 5x 2x
• Lunare Wrasse 1x
• Marble/Hortulanus Wrasse 2x
• McCosker's Flasher Wrasse 2x
• Melanurus 7x
• Moyer's Leopard Wrasse 2x
• Mystery Wrasse 1x
• Orangeback Fairy Wrasse 4x 1x (Failure was due to treating @ 300ppm H2O2)
• Pencil Wrasse (Small Tail) 1x
• Pencil Wrasse (Splendid) 2x
• Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse 1x
• Pink-Streaked Wrasse 1x
• Pintail Fairy Wrasse 5x
• Possum Wrasse 7x
• Quoyi Parrotfish 1x
• Radiant Wrasse (H. iridis) 3x
• Red Coris 3x
• Red-Lined Wrasse (H. biocellatus) 1x
• Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse 3x
• Rhomboid Wrasse 5x 1x
• Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse 2x
• Scott's Fairy Wrasse 1x
• Six Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia) 6x 1x
• Solon Fairy Wrasse 1x
• Yellow Coris 9x
• Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse 2x 1x
• Yellow-Flanked Fairy Wrasse 1x

 

[Jessican]

All for 30 min at 150ppm. The wrasses tended to play dead but I think that’s just wrasse dramatics.

• Ocellaris clown x5
• Spotcinctus clown x2
• Blue throat trigger x2
• Orchid dottyback x1
• Bicolor foxface x1
• Bluestreak cleaner wrasse x2
• Possum wrasse x3
• Yellow candy hogfish x1
• Banggai cardinal x4
• Rainford’s goby x1
• Swales Swissguard basslet x1
• Spotted mandarin x1
• Horned blenny x1
• Royal gramma x1

 

[Humblefish]

Thank you @Jessican!! I’ll begin making a list under my OP shortly. I have a bunch of fish to add myself once I get back to Florida where my main laptop is.

 

[bguile]

Hmmm..I have a Threadfin Butterfly that doesn’t seem like it’s going to make it almost three weeks after treatment but I can’t say for certain it was bc of the peroxide. I also had ocellaris clownfish go through the same bath successfully. 150ppm 30min

 

[Tamberav]

I used a bit more than 150ppm (just rounded up to closest mL) for 30 min but here is what has seen a bath:

China Wrasse
Diamond Goby
Splended Pencil Wrasse
Longnose Butterfly
Longfin Fairy Wrasse
Blue Mandarin
Royal Gramma
Kole Tang
Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Copperband butterfly (died suddenly but weeks later so probably not related)

All of the wrasses kind of freaked out either poking their heads out of the water, playing dead, or flashing during it. Some were showing stress colors. I am not sure I would call it an adverse reaction as they stopped immediately once out if the bath. I wonder if the peroxide feels weird on the gills and wrasse are drama queens.

 

[mattzang]

success:

-ocellaris clowns
-moyers wrasse, at least 4 baths if memory serves
-orangeback fairy wrasse, 2 successes, one..
-magnificent foxface

fail:
-the last bath of the orangeback fairy wrasse killed it, but i'm fairly confident i dosed his bath at 300ppm

i thought i had done more, but i guess i just kept doing baths on the same fishes. wrasses definitely seem to dislike it more than anything else i've seen. the foxface didn't look happy and went full camo mode, but that seems like standard foxface behavior, plus my cat decided to go pester him during his bath which seemed rude. the clowns didn't even notice anything was happening

i can't remember if i did a single h2o2 bath on my ora order of 2x meiacanthus kamohari & neon goby. if i did they were definitely successful

 

[SKKY]

I've been successful with all fish I tried except with filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus). Tried 2 times, failed both times. They died after a few hours.
First time 150ppm for 30min. Second time 75 ppm 30min.

 

[Badilac]

150PPM 30 mins

Basslets/Grammas

• Black Cap Basslet 1x

Blennies

• Midas Blenny 1x

Hogfish

Cuban Hogfish 1x


Damsel

• Springeri 5x

Triggers

• Clown Trigger 1x

 

[Wyster]

I can add the following,

Blue Spot Jaw Fish
Gem Tang

 

[Humblefish]

Thank you everyone! List updated.

 

[Jessican]

Thank you everyone! List updated.

I just updated mine with the number of each fish, sorry about that, I was just going for a generic list.

 

[Humblefish]

I just updated mine with the number of each fish, sorry about that, I was just going for a generic list.

No worries; I updated the main list.

 

[drstardust]

150ppm @30 minutes

Clownfish:
Ocellaris: 6x 2x

Basslets:
Royal Gramma: 1x

Blennies:
Lawnmower: 1x

Tangs:
Gem: 1x 1x (same fish, did fine with one bath and did not survive next one 6 days later)
Yellow: 1x
Hippo: 1x
Powder Blue: 1x

Chromis:
C. viridis: 1x

Gobies:
Yellow watchman: 1x

Angels:
Koran: 1x
Bellus: 1x
Coral beauty: 1x

Puffers:
Dogface: 1x
Stars & Stripes 1x
Spider eye 1x (note: survived the bath, but died 2 days later without apparent cause)
Porcupine 1x

Wrasse:
Red coris: 1x
Harlequin tusk: 1x

Butterflyfish:
Auriga 1x

Hawkfish:
Longnose 1x

Anthias:
Lyretail: 1x
Bimac: 1x
Resplendent: 1x

 

[Humblefish]

Added all the fish I have experimented on.

 

[00Dan]

I observed no adverse effects at 150 ppm/30 minutes from the two whitespotted pygmy filefish I tried it on.

 

[Humblefish]

I observed no adverse effects at 150 ppm/30 minutes from the two whitespotted pygmy filefish I tried it on.

Added to the list

 

[clsanchez77]

Thank you @Jessican!! I’ll begin making a list under my OP shortly. I have a bunch of fish to add myself once I get back to Florida where my main laptop is.

You have a few that seem to accidentally have black text instead of theme or auto text colors. Makes it hard to read in dark mode.

 

[Humblefish]

You have a few that seem to accidentally have black text instead of theme or auto text colors. Makes it hard to read in dark mode.

Should be fixed now

 

[bguile]

You can add Golden Pygmy Angel to the list. No issues. 150ppm for 30min.

I swear I feel like I'm just dropping the fish in a bowl of regular water because I can't see it.

 

[AndyR83]

Many of the fish on my list were treated more than once, ie hybrid TTM initial and day 6 repeat bath, etc. To keep things simple I just indicated the number of specimens that underwent treatment rather than the number of times treatment was provided. In other words, if a fish had two baths I listed it as 1x but if two different fish of that species had baths I listed as 2x.

All 150ppm for 30 minutes:

Angels (Dwarf)

• Coral Beauty 1x
• Lemonpeel 1x

Angels (Large)

• Emperor Angel 1x
• Queen Angel 1x
• Yellowtail Angel 1x

Blennies

• Midas Blenny 1x
• Starry Blenny 1x
• Tail Spot Blenny 1x

Butterflyfish

• Copperbanded Butterflyfish 1x

Cardinalfish

• Pajama Cardinal 4x

Clownfish

• Ocellaris 10x

Damsels

• Cloudy 1x
• Domino 1x
• Three Stripe 1x
• Yellowtail 1x

Dottybacks

• Neon Dottyback 1x

Foxface/Rabbitfish

• Magnificent Foxface 1x
• Goldspotted Rabbitfish 1x

Gobies

• Diamond Watchman 1x
• Bluespotted Watchman 1x

Dragonets

• Ocellated Dragonet 1x
• Ruby Red Dragonet 1x

Misc Fish

• Moorish Idol 1x
• Spotted Sweetlips 2x
• Harlequin Tusk 1x
• Green Chromis 2x

Puffers

• Dogface Puffer 3x
• Stars and Stripes Puffer 1x
• Bennett’s Sharpnose Puffer 1x
• Valentini Puffer 1x

Tangs

• Yellow Tang 1x
• Convict Tang 1x
• Kole Tang 1x
• Powder Blue Tang 2x
• Hippo Tang 1x
• Sailfin Tang 1x

Triggers

• Niger Trigger 1x
• Clown Trigger 1x

Wrasse

• Blue Star Leopard Wrasse 2x
• Multicolor Lubbock’s Wrasse 1x
• Lunare Wrasse 1x
• Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse 1x
• Bird Wrasse 2x
• Hardwicke Wrasse 1x