Pickling lime question

[HiddenClown]

I have a 2.5 gal tank that I use to mix kalk right now and want to stop the kalk and just start using pickling lime. My question is, how much pickling lime can I put in the 2.5 gal?

The setup is really simple. Basically it's just an aqualifter pump on a timer during the night, and has just served as my top off.

-Thanks

[Amphiprion]

Well, 2 teaspoons per gallon will saturate the water with calcium hydroxide, so ~5 teaspoons. Much more and you'd really just be wasting the CaOH2 powder.

[twon8]

kalk = pickling lime

[spleify]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13265938#post13265938 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
kalk = pickling lime

^^ yep Kalkwasser is German for Lime Water.

FWIW I use 4 TBSP in my 3 gal top off reservoir.

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[HiddenClown]

2 teaspoons of pickling lime per gal.?

[Amphiprion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13266295#post13266295 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HiddenClown
2 teaspoons of pickling lime per gal.?

Roughly, yes.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

That is 2 level teaspoons per gallon of top off water (I just want to be sure as folks have occasionally thought it was per gallon of tank water). If you use calcium oxide (quicklime) instead of calcium hydroxide, it takes less. But if you use anything called pickling lime, that would be 2 level teaspoons.