You are bidding on 100 grams of the amazing AquaOx gravel additive. AquaOx is a unique blend of potassium perchlorate, molybdenum and strontium that serves to both help oxygenate your aquarium and enrich the biodiversity of gravel micro-organisms like Proteobacteria. Proteobacteria are a large and highly important phylum in microbiology, containing many bacteria responsible for nitrogen fixation. While scientists have only scratched the surface on the biochemical and ecologic importance of these organisms, we have learned that multiple species of Protobacteria use perchlorate as a receptor in their anaerobic respiration. Essentially, perchlorate which is a good oxidizing agent, can participate in the electron transport chain of and allow these organisms to generate the energy they use to survive. Scientists have also learned that some of the enzymes these organisms use to survive require unique metal co-factors like Molybdenum and Strontium which often are only found in trace amounts. AquaOx blends all of these essentials nutrients together to hopefully make for a happy tank.

How do you use it? Just mix about 1g per 10 gallon tank size into the substrate of your tank. Because protobacteria prefer more settled and anaerobic environments, we suggest adding it to a lower level substrate, preferably one of a fine substrate.

Could this potentially harm the fish in my tank? If used as directed the amount of perchlorate in your tank should be no greater than about 26mg/L. Unlike some of the other perchlorate salts, potassium perchlorate has a very low solubility in water and if mixed with the substrate it should stay fairly well bound up. Protobacteria and the other bacteria will ultimately decompose the perchlorate into benign products. Some researchers have shown that higher