ngericke Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 I seem to remember reading about pickling lime a couple of years ago as a substitute for kalk. Since I have been out of the reef loop for awhile I wanted to get some input on the use of the pickling lime. I still have a bag of it left in the cabinet Link to comment
Foogoo Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Although I haven't personally tried it yet, should be ok as long as the lime is pure calcium hydroxide CaOH with no additives or spices. Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Pickling lime is good stuff, works great, but not as dissolvable as aquarium grade kalk. Both are the same this, just different grades. With grocery store bought pickling lime you will be a white residue at the bottom of the water bucket but with aquarium grade pickinling lime (kalk), you'll barely get any. Kalkwasser = Pickling Lime = Lime Water Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 agreed. "Mrs Balls" is aparently decent. I haven'd been able to find any localy, but you can buy it online. Link to comment
HuBu Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Originally posted by NanoReefer53 Pickling lime is good stuff, works great, but not as dissolvable as aquarium grade kalk. Both are the same this, just different grades. With grocery store bought pickling lime you will be a white residue at the bottom of the water bucket but with aquarium grade pickinling lime (kalk), you'll barely get any. Kalkwasser = Pickling Lime = Lime Water kalk has a higher solubility than pickling lime. hence why it dissolves better. try some vineger into the pickling lime. it will help increase the solubility a bit. but hey, man $3 for a carton of pickling lime which will last you awhile or $20-30 for kalkwasser? its really your choice. Link to comment
cmoreash Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 Originally posted by Dave ESPI agreed. "Mrs Balls" is aparently decent. I haven'd been able to find any localy, but you can buy it online. Mrs Balls..dave you've done it again, that's one of the funniest things i've read at 1:50am Link to comment
Raise Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 doesnt kalkwasser mean lime water in german? Link to comment
HogWinslow Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 Literally it means Calcium water, but it also is used for hard water. Also when the coffee maker needs to be de calicified. That's what the German guy I work with said. Link to comment
kennerd Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 Ja, wohl: Kalkwasser is a term meaning "calicified water". Been getting my kalk @ $28 per 3 lbs, so I'm fine with it: lasts long enough. Link to comment
kennerd Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Originally posted by Raise how does you dose? I use a medical grade peristaltic (sp?) feeding pump on my 65 gal, dosing 200 ml/hour. I have a second one and will be dosing reef builder from seachem to keep my alkalinity up. ON the 10 gal, I use a simple dosing pump called an Aqua Dose or something..basically a dosing pump with a needle valve on the end that you manually adjust to drip. The IV pump is digital. I am Link to comment
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