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pickling lime
- Thread starter GregW
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That's where I got mine from.
http://mrswages.stores.yahoo.net/mrswagpiclim.html
You could pick up the smallest amount of Kalk from a LFS to hold you over if its an emergancy.
http://mrswages.stores.yahoo.net/mrswagpiclim.html
You could pick up the smallest amount of Kalk from a LFS to hold you over if its an emergancy.
Greg, how soon do you need it? I have almost a full container here if you want it.
Ok, am I missing something here? Do you/can you use Pickling Lime for an aquarium???? 
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Wendy
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Wendy
JerseyWendy said:Ok, am I missing something here? Do you/can you use Pickling Lime for an aquarium????
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Wendy
Yes you can. Folks use that instead of buying the Kalkwasser powder. It's the same stuff just a heck of a lot cheaper.
panmanmatt said:
No kidding! Thanks, Matt, I had absolutely no idea. :-[ I do find it really strange though - perhaps even a bit "distasteful" (<--pun intended) that you can add stuff to your reef tank that other people use for cucumbers/gurken.
Now I'm gonna try and find out more about it. ;D---
Wendy
Carlo said:
I don't have anything scientific; all I have is my observations. The first this is that the ESV seems to go into solution a lot better. When we use it, and it runs low, it all gets used up. With the Mrs. Wages, it seems to get to a point where there is a portion on the bottom that just doesn't mix up. In fact, at one point we added some ESV on top of the Mrs. Wages stuff and the ESV kept being used up and Mrs. Wages just laid there on the bottom. The way we could tell the difference is that the ESV is a bright pure white color, while the Mrs. Wages is a light beige color. From a result standpoint, our pH is adjusted much higher (and subsequently into the proper range) using the ESV. With the Mrs. Wages, our pH never really climbed up to where we wanted it. Also, and I have no idea why this is, our mg levels stay at a nice, high level using the ESV. If anyone knows our system, they know that we continually fight low mg, probably as a result of all of the LPS we keep. The Mrs. Wages didn't have nearly the impact on our mg levels. Again, I have no idea why the ESV would have such an impact on mg but it appeared to. It would be a heck of a coincidence to think that we ran low mg for 3.5 years and then all of sudden it jumped up right around the same time we started using the ESV. And then dropped off with the Mrs. Wages. And then came back up with the ESV!
Anyway, like I said, I have absolutely no scientific proof or explanation for any of this; it's just what we observed.
HTH.
JohnS_323 said:
Pickling limes have more impurities and I have made similar observations to John's. I'll also note that I have seen some variations between bags as well.
Hardly a controlled scientific experiment, but I've ordered some ESV in the group buy to see if I get the same results as John. Which reminds me, I'm overdue on Mag testing.