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08/29/2006, 01:05 PM
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Grocery shopping (for reef supplies)
So ive heard about a couple of differant things you can buy at the grocery store to use in your tank, like vinager (for PH control?) and Pickling lime (Kalk) or baking soda (again for PH control?) Ive even heard of vodka, Im not fully sure on some of these.
Lets make a grocery list of all the differant things you can buy at the store and why/how you use them in your reef tank! one i know forsure 1. Pickling lime - Found in the canning section of grocery stores (sometimes only found in the summer and fall when most people are canning) Mrs. Wages is one major supplier. This is used in replace of Kalkwasser and used in the same way. If you want to add any info on 1. feel free. Like the ingredients to Mrs. Wages or how you dose it. We should be able to get a list of at least 10 items, i think. Alot of these items are cheaper than what you would pay for something of the same matter in a LFS. For instance 1lb of pickling lime was $3, 1lb of Kalk would be more like $20 This will make our hobby easier on the wallet. Shop On!!
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08/29/2006, 01:59 PM
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Mrs. Wages' dosage should be inline with most kalwasser dosages (1 tsp to 1 gallon of water)
Other items (some you mentioned): ============================ 1. Baking Soda - used in Randy's 2 part 2. Epsom Salts - magnesium 3. Dowflake/Tetra Flake - Calcium part of Randy's two part 4. Vinegar - I've never used it for pH, but its awesome for lossening calcium deposits on pumps, etc. 5. Vodka - yes, but yuo have to be careful with dosages, used to boost nitrifying bacteria population |
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08/30/2006, 01:33 AM
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1 Cod liver oil. Soak flake food in it.
2 Frozen & fresh shrimp, fish, ect, ect. 3 Fresh veg's. Peas, carrots, broccoli, egg plant, ect,ect. 4 Eggs. Feed hard boiled yolks 5 Nori. 6 Cheap PC light bulbs. Use to grow chaeto/macro 7 RO water, Distilled water. Use for certain test kits, Top off h20 8 Frozen food containers. DIY kalk dripper, QT, DIY overflows 9 Windex. I use this stuff on the tank without a prob. Paper towel should be included in 9, hmmmmm 10 Duct tape. Attach frags to rock/rubble Ha, got to 10 
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08/30/2006, 10:25 PM
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Mag Flake magnesium chloride isn't at the grocery store
Sure it is Jon, you just need to live in Minnesota 
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08/30/2006, 10:33 PM
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I eat hard boiled eggs, the whole thing, all the time
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08/31/2006, 04:15 AM
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My fish
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08/31/2006, 09:02 PM
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I prefer to put the vodka in my belly! I'm greedy that way......
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08/31/2006, 11:19 PM
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hey ive heard that you can put a fish down dy using vodka so what is the proper dose to make good things
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09/01/2006, 12:04 PM
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How would you dose vinager and baking soda to alter PH? anybody know
How about the epsom salt? how do you dose that, and how do you know when you need it?
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09/01/2006, 01:56 PM
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Baking soda doesn't alter pH very much. It's usable as an alkalinity supplement, though. Vinegar can be dosed to lower pH by adding small amounts to the tank, but often seltzer water is a better choice.
A magnesium test kit will indicate whether more magnesium is needed.
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09/02/2006, 09:56 AM
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Guy
This article and the ones at the bottom of this article will give most of what you need A Simplified Guide to the Relationship Between Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium and pH http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/rhf/index.php These 3 will discuss Alk/buffers, vinegar and Seltzer water Low pH: Causes and Cures (buffers, click on blue higlighted areas for more) http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.htm High pH: Causes and Cures (vinegar and Seltzer water) http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/rhf/index.htm What is Alkalinity? ( talks about Alk, buffers and more on pH) about http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu.../chemistry.htm This calculator will tell how much of what kind you need, i.e., Ca++, Mg++ and Alk Reef chemicals calculator http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chem_calc3.html This will explain how to make your own buffers and sup's for Mg++ and Ca++ An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php
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09/02/2006, 12:19 PM
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Wow, thankx for the links boomer
Any body else have any grocery store (or other store just not LFS ) supplies they use?
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09/05/2006, 05:19 PM
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ive used beer yeast to make selcon for corals + for boosting bacteria
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