At 08:53 PM 8/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>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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Hello Andrew,
Thanks for the advice ! I have been looking for something for years now with
which to clean out Calliostoma and Turrids. I look forward to trying it out.
Regards,
 
Brian
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