Pickling Lime

Kewlworm · 08/29/2006, 12:40 AM

I was wondering if $55 for 12 - 16oz. or 1 lb (which is ~$4.60 a lb) of Mrs. Wages pickling lime good?

Thanks!
Gary

Rogger Castells · 08/29/2006, 12:58 AM

yes it is good, this is their website to buy it directly http://mrswages.stores.yahoo.net/w502-h7425.html you won't save that much from what you are getting it at. Also my local publix ordered two box for me and anyone who needs to purchase.
I will let you know when it arrives

Kewlworm · 08/29/2006, 03:45 AM

That's the website I was looking at. I got my ALK up and it fell back down, so I need to stablize it soon before something bad happens.

Thanks!

Rogger Castells · 08/29/2006, 07:08 AM

I don't think kalk is your answer to bring ALK up, try the second part of the Randy Holmes recipe.

Kewlworm · 08/29/2006, 09:35 AM

Sorry, I meant to bring it up w/ baking soda then use kalk to maintain the level.

Reefanatic67 · 09/09/2006, 10:22 AM

Any luck with finding this stuff locally? Everytime I ask at my local publix, they give me the deer in the headlights look.....

Rogger Castells · 09/09/2006, 11:22 AM

LOL, It should be in my local publix soon, they told me 2 to 3 weeks about three weeks ago

Zoos · 09/09/2006, 10:02 PM

I've never used the stuff but I did read a thread on RC that stated how Mrs.Wages was very high on phosphates. you might want to do a search for it.

Rogger Castells · 09/09/2006, 11:10 PM

FELIX, do you have a link, I don't think Randy Holmes would recommend this product if that was the case
I have been using this stuff for a while, I have never notice an increase in phosphates, check this good article, you decide!

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.php

bckane · 09/10/2006, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kewlworm
I was wondering if $55 for 12 - 16oz. or 1 lb (which is ~$4.60 a lb) of Mrs. Wages pickling lime good?

Thanks!
Gary

Hell last year...cannning season I bought 15 bags for 15 bucks plus tax @ publux.......Chris little took10 bags and I kept 5....wait for canning season think its around Nov/Dec

Kewlworm · 09/10/2006, 05:04 AM

Wow, I think I might just get some kalk from a LFS and wait till the canning season then. Thanks!

ek9vboi · 09/10/2006, 09:11 AM

I think the price at a LFS isn't too bad unless you have a monster sized tank that runs through this stuff daily. I'm only around 40 gals... go a 1lb supply of Kalkwasser will last me for quite a while. I only use it as top off... so far everything looks great, lots of coraline algae forming.

Gary, talk to that one guy at Fishes of Eden... he has told me A LOT of stuff and anything he says I follow.

Reefanatic67 · 09/10/2006, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zoos
I've never used the stuff but I did read a thread on RC that stated how Mrs.Wages was very high on phosphates. you might want to do a search for it.

Kalkwasser precipitates out PO4, so it shouldn't be a problem. Randy did respond to the thread in question and here is the link:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...4#post8099954.

Randy's response is on page 2.

Manny.......

Zoos · 09/10/2006, 10:05 PM

That's exactly the thread I was talking about, and I guess Randy cleared it up.

08/29/2006, 12:40 AM	#1
Kewlworm Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL. Posts: 758	Pickling Lime I was wondering if $55 for 12 - 16oz. or 1 lb (which is ~$4.60 a lb) of Mrs. Wages pickling lime good? Thanks! Gary

09/09/2006, 10:22 AM	#6
Reefanatic67 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Miami Posts: 771	Any luck with finding this stuff locally? Everytime I ask at my local publix, they give me the deer in the headlights look..... __________________ Never rub another man's rhubarb! Current Tank Info: 75 AGA RR and 58 Oceanic

09/09/2006, 10:02 PM	#8
Zoos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,336	I've never used the stuff but I did read a thread on RC that stated how Mrs.Wages was very high on phosphates. you might want to do a search for it. __________________ "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." Current Tank Info: None.

09/10/2006, 10:05 PM	#14
Zoos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,336	That's exactly the thread I was talking about, and I guess Randy cleared it up. __________________ "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." Current Tank Info: None.

08/29/2006, 12:58 AM	#2
Rogger Castells Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Weston, FL Posts: 7,058	yes it is good, this is their website to buy it directly http://mrswages.stores.yahoo.net/w502-h7425.html you won't save that much from what you are getting it at. Also my local publix ordered two box for me and anyone who needs to purchase. I will let you know when it arrives

08/29/2006, 03:45 AM	#3
Kewlworm Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL. Posts: 758	That's the website I was looking at. I got my ALK up and it fell back down, so I need to stablize it soon before something bad happens. Thanks!

08/29/2006, 07:08 AM	#4
Rogger Castells Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Weston, FL Posts: 7,058	I don't think kalk is your answer to bring ALK up, try the second part of the Randy Holmes recipe.

08/29/2006, 09:35 AM	#5
Kewlworm Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL. Posts: 758	Sorry, I meant to bring it up w/ baking soda then use kalk to maintain the level.

09/09/2006, 11:22 AM	#7
Rogger Castells Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Weston, FL Posts: 7,058	LOL, It should be in my local publix soon, they told me 2 to 3 weeks about three weeks ago

09/09/2006, 11:10 PM	#9
Rogger Castells Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Weston, FL Posts: 7,058	FELIX, do you have a link, I don't think Randy Holmes would recommend this product if that was the case I have been using this stuff for a while, I have never notice an increase in phosphates, check this good article, you decide! http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.php

09/10/2006, 05:04 AM	#11
Kewlworm Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL. Posts: 758	Wow, I think I might just get some kalk from a LFS and wait till the canning season then. Thanks!

09/10/2006, 09:11 AM	#12
ek9vboi Registered Member. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South FL Posts: 3,052	I think the price at a LFS isn't too bad unless you have a monster sized tank that runs through this stuff daily. I'm only around 40 gals... go a 1lb supply of Kalkwasser will last me for quite a while. I only use it as top off... so far everything looks great, lots of coraline algae forming. Gary, talk to that one guy at Fishes of Eden... he has told me A LOT of stuff and anything he says I follow.