Found pickling lime. Now what??

MarkS · 06-20-2001, 01:38 AM

While I was at the grocery store I remembered to check on this stuff. A 2 pound jar, twice the size of the largest bottle of kalc, is only $1.69. The ingredients listed nothing but hydrated lime.

Now my question is what do I do with it once I buy it? I am using a 2.5 gallon water jug as a DIY top off and I know I add this stuff to the top off water, but how much? What does everyone do with kalc?

Thanks,
Mark

P.S. It is a real shame how we are getting screwed just because we have aquariums.

$30 v. $2.. Hmmm.... Let me think...

wuelfman · 06-20-2001, 01:43 AM

i have been using just like kallawasser
1 spoon per gallon it works great
i drip it at night about 2 drops per sec

Reef Engineer · 06-20-2001, 01:47 AM

Mark,

The reason it costs $30 is because ... well, people seem compelled to pay it, I guess.

I've been using Ball brand pickling lime for a little over five years now - no ill effects to date. I use it exactly the same as kalkwasser - since that's exactly what it is.

Randy

MarkS · 06-20-2001, 02:03 AM

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Originally posted by Reef Engineer
Mark,

The reason it costs $30 is because ... well, people seem compelled to pay it, I guess.

Yup. People are stupid. Thank God that we are not people....

Quote:

I've been using Ball brand pickling lime for a little over five years now - no ill effects to date. I use it exactly the same as kalkwasser - since that's exactly what it is.

Yeah, but how do you use kalk? Never tried the stuff.

Anyway, wuelfman answered that question. However, one heaping or level tablespoon, teaspoon, soupspoon, etc, etc???

wuelfman · 06-20-2001, 02:19 AM

adjust to your taste
hehe
i use a 5 gallon bucket for mine i put about three heapin spoonfulls
with a little white vineger
this lets the water be supercharged (so to speak) and able to hold more kallawasser

Coraltank · 06-20-2001, 08:35 AM

FWIW,most people use 1 teaspoon per gal.That's about all I can get into solution.Any excess just precipitates out.

FishKid · 06-20-2001, 09:44 AM

would it be ok, to put less in a smaller tank? For a 30 gal, say 1 spoon per 5 gal? becuase I only will have one coral as of this morning, and figure that since there is not as much use of it, as im putting it in. And i dont plan on getting more corals for 3 weeks.

Mark

P.s. what isle would that be down?

gargoyle · 06-20-2001, 11:12 AM

That is one spoon per gallon of top off water, not one spoon per gallon of tank water. Also, the solution should be dripped not dumped in.

wuelfman · 06-20-2001, 11:58 AM

its not just your coral that needs it but your coraline on the rocks
crabs,shrimps. snails tube worms and a lot of other stuff as well
its to your tanks heath to drip it
as they all use it up

06-20-2001, 01:38 AM	#1
MarkS Governor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 1,799	Found pickling lime. Now what?? While I was at the grocery store I remembered to check on this stuff. A 2 pound jar, twice the size of the largest bottle of kalc, is only $1.69. The ingredients listed nothing but hydrated lime. Now my question is what do I do with it once I buy it? I am using a 2.5 gallon water jug as a DIY top off and I know I add this stuff to the top off water, but how much? What does everyone do with kalc? Thanks, Mark P.S. It is a real shame how we are getting screwed just because we have aquariums. $30 v. $2.. Hmmm.... Let me think... __________________ 2 + 2 != 4 Two is only loosely associated with two by a plus sign and therefore doesn't enter the equation at all since it is only there by mere complicity. We shouldn't count it and leave well enough alone.

06-20-2001, 01:47 AM	#3
Reef Engineer Council Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: San Diego, CA USA Posts: 274	Mark, The reason it costs $30 is because ... well, people seem compelled to pay it, I guess. I've been using Ball brand pickling lime for a little over five years now - no ill effects to date. I use it exactly the same as kalkwasser - since that's exactly what it is. Randy __________________ Come meet the gang! http://www.homestead.com/reefengineer/homepage.html

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06-20-2001, 01:43 AM	#2
wuelfman Tenant Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: stockton ca Posts: 83	i have been using just like kallawasser 1 spoon per gallon it works great i drip it at night about 2 drops per sec

06-20-2001, 02:19 AM	#5
wuelfman Tenant Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: stockton ca Posts: 83	adjust to your taste hehe i use a 5 gallon bucket for mine i put about three heapin spoonfulls with a little white vineger this lets the water be supercharged (so to speak) and able to hold more kallawasser

06-20-2001, 08:35 AM	#6
Coraltank Just Moved In Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: N.C. USA Posts: 30	FWIW,most people use 1 teaspoon per gal.That's about all I can get into solution.Any excess just precipitates out.

06-20-2001, 09:44 AM	#7
FishKid Governor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA Posts: 1,799	would it be ok, to put less in a smaller tank? For a 30 gal, say 1 spoon per 5 gal? becuase I only will have one coral as of this morning, and figure that since there is not as much use of it, as im putting it in. And i dont plan on getting more corals for 3 weeks. Mark P.s. what isle would that be down?

06-20-2001, 11:12 AM	#8
gargoyle Just Moved In Join Date: May 2001 Location: Altamonte Springs, FL, USA Posts: 10	That is one spoon per gallon of top off water, not one spoon per gallon of tank water. Also, the solution should be dripped not dumped in.

06-20-2001, 11:58 AM	#9
wuelfman Tenant Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: stockton ca Posts: 83	its not just your coral that needs it but your coraline on the rocks crabs,shrimps. snails tube worms and a lot of other stuff as well its to your tanks heath to drip it as they all use it up

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