What Can I do With This Bottle ? Ca(OH)2 ???

[Paradi]

hi there again, I friend of mine got me this calcium hydroxide bottle, he's not into aquariums, but i asked him about calcium stuff before, he's a chemist, so i was wondering if i can do anything with this, its a white soft powder, is it any good for my FOWLR , with some anemones, and mushrooms...thank you :p

[fat-tony]

you probaably won't need too much, you'll probably acheive a little better chemical balance with that load by just doing water changes

[Paradi]

so its no good? i thought it will save my anemone from this bleeching :( i thought i can use it in a reactor or so ''later'' ...

sorry forgot to attach the bottle pic, here it is, this is what he got me :)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mightysherrio/23032007006.jpg

[Paradi]

i found this too

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=EV2101

[Mike O'Brien]

You can mix a few teaspoons with a gollon of water and use it as topoff to maintain your calcium and alkalinity levels. Or you could spread it on your lawn to sweeten the soil. Unless your into pickles. :)

[WaterKeeper]

Right on. Just add some to a few gallons of water, mix well, let it settle and use the supernatant for top off water. The only thing is not to add the powder itself into the tank as it can give you uncontrollable increases in pH and alkalinity.

[fat-tony]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9553833#post9553833 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mike O'Brien
You can mix a few teaspoons with a gollon of water and use it as topoff to maintain your calcium and alkalinity levels. Or you could spread it on your lawn to sweeten the soil. Unless your into pickles. :)

dude, lime pickles are quite possibly the best thing ever.

[Paradi]

thank you all for your help, ill try this and tell you what happened, i hope its gonna be good news :)