Dear Conch-L members,
Anyone who has seen my collection knows that my shells are clean, with
the exception of my small Calliostomas. I received a couple of new ones
recently and as usual they had dead matter in their spires. I soaked
them in water for a day and lightly blasted them with water. It didn't
do anything. So I thought of putting them in hydrogen peroxide for a
while. To my amazement the shells were clean when I checked on them two
days later. (I try not to use bleach on my Calliostomas, only for a
limited time).
I have used hydrogen peroxide when cleaning out the inside of my
shells when bleach was unsuccessful. Then I wash them well and put them
back in bleach and vice-versa and it cleans the inside of a shell with
efficiency.
I don't know what would happen if bleach and hydrogen peroxide were
mixed together. I don't think would do much good as a cleaning agent.
However, what would be released into the air from the combination?
Would it be poisonous?
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