Re: Sterilizing tank

["Kim Rogers or Steve Hatfield" <stevekim@indy.net>]

A home brewery shop Has co2 tanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Martina" <emartina@uiuc.edu>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 8:52 PM
Subject: RE: Sterilizing tank


> Yep, that is my problem. When I added the acid to the gravel it looked as
> though I put vinegar into baking soda! I bought the tank (and gravel)
used,
> so I don't know what type of gravel it is. It looks like just your normal
> natural colored gravel. What type should I get so that I do not have this
> problem again?
>
> Another, somewhat unrelated question. What type of store would carry CO2
> tanks?
>
> Thanks!
> Eric
>
> >Usually, when GH is high, so is KH.  Now, why is it so high?  First,
check
> >the GH and KH of your tap water after it has sat around in a CLEAN glass
> for
> >8-24 hours.  This allows it to stabilize.  If it isn't as high as your
> tank,
> >go to a hardware store and buy a quart of muriatic acid.  This is nasty
> >strong, so be careful with it.  When you get home scoop out some gravel
> from
> >the bottom of the tank.  Put it in a glass container, like a measuring
cup
> or
> >a drinking glass.  Then set it in the kitchen sink, let the faucet run,
but
> >not into the container.  This will protect your plumbing from the
muriatic
> >acid, and also remove some of the fumes out of the air.  Now, CAREFULLY
add
> a
> >little acid to the container.  IF it fizzes, there's your problem.  The
> >gravel is causing both GH and KH to rise as the limestone, seashells,
> crushed
> >coral or whatever is in it dissolves.  You have to replace it.  If it
isn't
> >coming from the tap or the gravel, then you have something else in the
tank
> >that is dissolving.  Figure it out.
> >Bob Dixon
>
>
>
>
>
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