Anybody use pickling lime iso kalk?

[lj1064]

besides me that is?

 

[REEF-DADDY]

Yes, no reason to pay triple for the same stuff!

 

[jdieck]

Just in case you have not seen this article.

What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.htm

By the way I tried Pickling Lime for several months, did not have eny issues but I did not like the brown color of the residue so I switched back to a commercial brand.

 

[smcooler]

me to for years $2 a can why pay more.


stan

 

[jman77]

where do guys pick the stuff up ?

 

[PUGroyale]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8436968#post8436968 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jman77
where do guys pick the stuff up ?

WalMart stocks it during the canning months, you can pick it up for less than 2$. If you missed that you can order online... it's still a massive bargain compared to the cost of reef specific Kalkwasser.

http://www.canningpantry.com/pickling-lime.html

 

[twon8]

paid $17 for some kent once, been using the $2 mrs. wages for three years,

 

[Rays]

Yup, I got a case of Mrs. Wages last year.

 

[jman77]

i'll have to stop by walmart then

 

[Brewen]

Received my case of Mrs. Wages last week will start using on my next monthly cleaning of the kalk reactor.

 

[RichConley]

paid $20 for a five gallon bucket full of commercial grade lime.

 

[REEF-DADDY]

Wow where did you find that?

 

[ERICinFL]

I use it. Canningpantry.com sells it, thus I buy it from them since noone locally has it.

 

[Charlie Davidson]

2yrs now..

 

[dilligaf_biker69]

Mrs Wages Case

Mrs Wages Can

used this for many many years

 

[Rays]

You can also find it at feed and grain stores, like Agway. This is the time of year that they would be carrying it.

 

[old salty]

I buy pickling lime, remove the labels, and write "KALK" on the bottle. Then I sell it on ebay for ten times what I paid, to unsuspecting reefers who have absolutely no clue that kalk is the German word for lime. Act now, supplies are limited!!

 

[toothman]

How about ice melt for ca. A really nice way to add ca at a low cost about $10 for a 25 lb bag at home depot. I have been doing that for about a year.

Are there any Mg Cl ice melt users for magnesium plus.

 

[ShiftNation]

Damn the shipping on one can is like twice the cost of the lime . $3.79 for the can and $7.82 for ground shipping .

 

[Kip]

IMO/IME.... for a gravity drip system where the bottom of the container is never dosed into the sytem... the wages is fine... but in a nilsen where everything is subject to going into the system, I only use ESV kalk