Anemoneman
Aquarium Advice Addict
This thread was split off since it was going in a different direction. -Mark
I will address the kalkwasser supply problem.
Living in the country should make your life easier. Folks in the country make more pickles than city folk so your local grocery store should stock pickling lime. I use Mrs. Wages but Ball (the canning people) also make it. It is the same thing as kalkwasser which is Calcium hydroxide. Being food grade it is fairly pure. Make your kalkwasser (if you use it) out of this. It will save you many $$ so that you can buy Ca and Alk test kits to test for it.
Mark
I will address the kalkwasser supply problem.
Living in the country should make your life easier. Folks in the country make more pickles than city folk so your local grocery store should stock pickling lime. I use Mrs. Wages but Ball (the canning people) also make it. It is the same thing as kalkwasser which is Calcium hydroxide. Being food grade it is fairly pure. Make your kalkwasser (if you use it) out of this. It will save you many $$ so that you can buy Ca and Alk test kits to test for it.
Mark