Re: [APD] CaCO3 vs CaCl2/NaHCO3 in non-CO2 tank

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

You can get calcium carbonate from beer/winemaking web
vendors and from some hydronic sites and from Greg Watson's
store:

http://www.gregwatson.com/DryAquaticFertilizers.asp

Get real, get plants,
Scott H.


--- David Aiken <daiken at iprimus_com.au> wrote:

> CaCL2 = Calcium Chloride
> MgSO4 = Magnesium Sulphate, probably  he's using Epsom
> Salts here as  
> that's the commonly available form.
> NaHCO3 = Sodium Bicarbonate, or baking soda in the common
> form.
> K2SO4 = Potassium Sulphate or potash
> CaCO3 = Calcium Carbonate, or chalk
> 
> I think Calcium Chloride is available from shops selling
> supplies for  
> swimming pools. Epsom salts and baking soda are commonly
> available  
> at  your local supermarket and potash is available from
> garden stores  
> in the fertiliser area. I don't know of a source for
> Calcium  
> carbonate but you could use powdered dolomite from health
> food  
> stores. As stated in Clint's post, it's not easy to
> dissolve and  
> that's true for dolomite too.
> 
> Hope this helps and I didn't get anything wrong. I just
> tend to buy  
> stuff in bottles with the SeaChem label on it - probably
> the most  
> expensive way to do it but pouring liquids into the tank
> is just  
> soooooooooooooooooooo easy.
> 
> David Aiken
> 
> 
> On 16/08/2005, at 8:28 AM, Nicolas Munro wrote:
> 
> > I've been looking into non-CO2 but don't understand
> much about what  
> > your talking about,
> >
> > what are the products or common names for the stuff
> your adding?
> >
> > =Nick
> >
> > Clint Brearley wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I have an 50g non-CO2 tank to which I add each week
> ~5ppm GH (as  
> >> CaCl2 and MgSO4) and 1/2 tsp NaHCO3 to maintain the GH
> ~120-150ppm  
> >> and KH 50-70ppm (also adding a bit of K2SO4 and some
> traces).  
> >> Since I'm not doing any water changes, should I be
> concerned about  
> >> sodium accumulation (the fact that my discus are still
> breeding  
> >> indicates 'probably not'). I'm considering perhaps
> switching to  
> >> CaCO3, although I've always been hesitant to use it in
> the past  
> >> because CaCl2 and NaHCO3 are so much more soluble and
> easier to  
> >> work with. But I've only been running non-CO2 for 3
> months and  
> >> previously I was running CO2 and doing 50% w/c 1-2x
> per week so  
> >> wasn't really worried about accumulation at all. So
> should I be  
> >> worried now?
> >>
> >> Clint
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