Re: [APD] Calcium Carbonate question

[Stuart Halliday <stuart at stuarthalliday_com>]

I believe Jerry Baker wrote this email section below:
> Stuart Halliday wrote:
>> Does added calcium carbonate use up oxygen and release carbon dioxide?
> 
> Other way around. It will grab a carbonate from carbonic acid to form 
> CaHCO3 the way I understand it.
> 
>> I'll add more if you think its ok?
> 
> http://jerbaker.dhs.org/fish/images/caco3.jpg
> 
> This is my tank after adding 1 tablespoon to 280 liters. Didn't seem to 
> bother the fish at all.

Cute.

My tank was even more opaque than this.

48 hours later it's looking like a disaster zone.

All the surfaces of the plants, gravel, etc. are covered with a thin powder 
of white.

And I lost a glo-light tetra as well.

So I've done 2x 75% water changes and I'm vacuuming up as much as I can.

Can't be doing their gills much use as I see from the bottle containing the 
powder that it's labelled as a Irritant.

-- 
Stuart Halliday
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