Need Pickling Lime?

[jerryc]

I replace all my evaporation with it about one gallon a day and drip over night
with a homemade setup.

You may need to adjust for your tank but it keeps me at around 220 to 240
with out adding other additives.

I thank i may be getting close to my limit and may have to go back to
a little extra calcium soon as i have added a few SPS over the last year
and have a lot of LPS

[dakar]

Like Jerry mentioned it'll depend on your calcium uptake. For us it's 2 TSP pickling lime added to 2 gallons water every other night, the opposite night I run 2-3 TSP baking soda to 2 gallons water. That holds my Cal at around 360-380 and Alk at 10-11dKH, our tank is pretty well stocked and a total water volume of 260ish gallons. Adjust and test accordingly.

BTW for nuking aptasia or mojano, mix up 3-4 tsp pickling lime with just enough water to make a thick paste (about the consistancy of toothpaste works well). We use a 3cc syringe (minus the needle of course), cover the bugger you want gone completely with the paste, roasts them suckers permanently. If it's got a good hole it's living in just fill her up... The excess paste will dissolve into the water column as calcium. I use a small tupperware type container with a good fitting lid to store the paste. Don't know if it's more or less effective than commercial products, I just know it works fast and effectively, and of course it's cheap! But this way I'm not adding anything to the tank that I wouldn't normally be adding.

[jerryc]

Daker we may be using about the same i used to masher out 2 teaspoons but anymore i just run a spoon in and round it up
I just tried it and it comes to almost 2 teaspoons even

I'M laze

[Whoyah]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#FYI, I don't believe Ball's is still making pickling lime so you might want to stock up if you are still finding it. I think they have switched over to some sort of other pickling product.It also seems that Mrs. Wages is not as wide spread.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#

#ed_op#FONT size=2#ed_cl#BTW for nuking aptasia or mojano, mix up 3-4 tsp pickling lime with just enough water to make a thick paste...#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl#

#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Thanks. I have a couple I need to nuke.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[jerryc]

Wages has a web site used to no it but forgot the add ? you can order direct
from them.
this is such a big garden place that you can get one or the other
almost anywhere

[Limpit]

The problem I have is that some the 3 Aiptasia I have are in very close to the Zoos on the rock. I am worried that I am going to hurt the Zoos trying to get rid of the Aiptasia. Right now the infected frags are separated from my main tank. Going to try to nuke them with the pickling lime and take a chance on the Zoos.

[dakar]

If they are in the middle of a cluster of zoa's, can you take a cold chisel to the rock and split it close to the nasty so it's on an outside edge? Might help getting at them easier, and of course frag your zoa's too..

Be sure to report back on the progress

[perpetual98]

#ed_op#span class="postbody"#ed_cl#split it close to the nasty#ed_op#/span#ed_cl#

#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#That made me laugh this morning. #ed_op#br#ed_cl#

[jerryc]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#LOL#ed_op#IMG src="http://www.captivereefing.com/richedit/smileys/Word_Commands/1.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[dakar]

hahahhaha When taken out of context, i 'spose I should have worded it a bit differently.

Good for a laugh anyhows.