Pickling Lime. Does it do the job??

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  1. purpletang

    purpletang Bristle Worm

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    I have read somewhere that pickling lime works well at keeping calcium and somethin else in line. Is this true?
     
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  2. inwall75

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    Once you get your Calcium and Alkalinity at the proper levels, you can mix pickling lime (kalkwasser) into your top off water and it will keep your levels maintained.
     
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  3. Peredhil

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    also referred to as kalkwasser for your 3reef search tips! they are one and the same.
     
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  4. Otty

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    I used Mrs. Wages for quite some time before I started using some special mix from Tangster.
     
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  5. Dr.Fragenstein

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    Calcium hydroxide is calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2 no matter what, thats how chemisty works all compounds are uniform.... How does he have a special mix, unless something else is added to the powder?
     
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  6. Otty

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    You will have to ask him as i am not a chemist.... i write code for robots. ;D
     
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  7. purpletang

    purpletang Bristle Worm

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    How often do you dose it.
     
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    Most people use it as top off water, so if you lose a gal a day to evaporation then they would drip one gal of kalk a day... the amount of Ca(OH)2 that is added will depend on the need for it, a gallon can handle about 1 tsp of kalk before it is completely saturated
     
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  9. madlarkin

    madlarkin Peppermint Shrimp

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    Not entirely true. Like most things, depending on source there are impurities. Ideally if you can find it you want to go with a reagent grade. Typically industrial and even food grade can have higher concentrations of heavy metals and other undesirables.
     
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  10. purpletang

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    So add about 1 tsp of it for every gallon?
     
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