Limewater & Southdown Paysand (B.C.)

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

Keep in mind of the disclaimer below [img]smile.gif[/img]

Okay....ummm...pickling lime. Well, you can get 50lb of it for $10 at the local gardening store (like Gardenworks). I believe Dale from Animal house uses this stuff too (at least for a while). Its called hydrated lime or Ca(OH)2. Basically it is kalk, but it isn't 100% pure (around the 90s). Its used in farms to clean the floors. Since kalk can precipitate phosphates and other nasty stuff, the foreign materials won't remain in the kalk mixture.

Same risks as Domolite lime (search for the big post on this board for details) with similar advantages.

As for Southdown, Target sells Calcium Carbonate (aka sort of like Southdown), but it is a tad too fine for our reefs. You can try it (its $10 for 50lb) and see how you like it.

- Victor.

[ 24 May 2002, 19:08: Message edited by: reefburnaby ]