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12-28-2004, 11:46 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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 |  pickling lime instead of kalkwasser
Does anybody use pickling lime instead of Kalkwasser? I've read articles that stated pickling lime is the same stuff as Kalkwasser and alot cheaper to obtain. I read that Mrs. Wages is the preferred brand.
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12-29-2004, 03:48 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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| Re: pickling lime instead of kalkwasser
I do not use it but what you say is correct. Mrs. Wages pickling lime is used by a lot of folks instead of kalk. | |
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03-06-2005, 03:27 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: clovis, CA,California
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| Re: pickling lime instead of kalkwasser
i use ms wages it works very well and cheap 
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03-06-2005, 04:44 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: pickling lime instead of kalkwasser
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04-26-2005, 01:47 AM
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| | Sailfin Tang
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| Re: pickling lime instead of kalkwasser
Kalkwasser is pickling lime, just sold under a different name, Zero differnce. I use Wages myself.
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09-17-2007, 06:12 PM
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| | Plankton
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Originally Posted by Gresham  Kalkwasser is pickling lime, just sold under a different name, Zero differnce. I use Wages myself. | What is the recipe using Mrs.Wages pickle lime for making kalkwasser?
Anybody? | |
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09-18-2007, 05:07 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Originally Posted by FSTOCK What is the recipe using Mrs.Wages pickle lime for making kalkwasser?
Anybody? | 2 large tbl spoons to the gallon of R.O D.I water and stir it really slow so as not to allow CO2 to enter the bucket and cover it and let it set for a few day then just use the clear water on top of whats settle out. And toss the sediment out never reuse that.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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09-18-2007, 05:11 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Originally Posted by amcarrig I do not use it but what you say is correct. Mrs. Wages pickling lime is used by a lot of folks instead of kalk. | LOL I know you don't But I have to keep the reactor filled LOL thats the other thing I hung on the wall near the sump the Ca/ reactor is up on the other wall.. Your corals take up more then a simple Ca reactor can produce ): | |
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09-18-2007, 05:33 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by Tangster LOL I know you don't But I have to keep the reactor filled LOL thats the other thing I hung on the wall near the sump the Ca/ reactor is up on the other wall.. Your corals take up more then a simple Ca reactor can produce ): | I know my dear but my post was written in 2004. This is an old thread that somebody revived  | |
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