Re: [GSAS-Member] Rift Lake Buffer Recipe

[Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>]

hahaha, that's what I keep telling my boyfriend when he says  "you  
should just get rid of that huge bucket of marine salt that's sitting  
on the patio"  He just doesn't understand that in 40 short years I'll  
have used it up!

Now I just need to plant these vals (after going over them carefully  
to ensure I didn't get any hitchhikers) and hope my fish aren't  
interested in having them for lunch!
On May 14, 2008, at 12:17 AM, Clifford Miller wrote:

>
> I had to do some quick siphoning from my existing hard water tanks and
> dilute things down to get everyone situated without resorting to any
> mixing.  Hopefully the provided recipe at around half strength will  
> keep
> them a bit for comfortable for tonight.
>
> The best thing about the provided recipe is that now I have a  
> Perfectly
> Good Explanation to provide my wife as to why I *needed* to move that
> ridiculously heavy unused bucket of marine salt (and bag of epsom  
> salts,
> ironically enough) 2600 miles from NY when we moved.  (even though I  
> have
> never had a functional marine tank running).
>
> After all, I needed four whole teaspoons of the stuff tonight!  If  
> that's
> not worth hauling it coast-to-coast and storing it for half a  
> decade, I
> don't know what is!  (of course, it's also possible that I need
> professional help...).
>
> Cliff
>
>
>> Considering the topic of tonight's presentation, I figured I'd send
>> this out to whoever doesn't/hasn't kept Malawi/Tanganyika cichlids
>> before or spends a lot more on buffers than they'd like.  Once again,
>> cichlid-forum comes to the rescue with good reference material.
>> Here's the link http://cichlid-forum.com/articles/buffer_recipe.php
>>
>> I suppose you could alter the recipe if you have plenty of GH in your
>> water but want to raise your KH or viseversa: "For every 5 US Gallons
>> of water, add 1-tablespoon Epsom salt, 1-teaspoon baking soda, and 1-
>> teaspoon marine salt."
>>
>> If anyone needs some marine salt, I have a 5 gallon bucket that's
>> pretty much full.  You're welcome to come by and pick some up, or we
>> could meet sometime, I go to school at the UW in the morning, work in
>> LFP in the afternoon and live in MLT.
>>
>> If you have any questions about the needs or dietary requirements of
>> any fish you picked up today, or you want to do some research for  
>> good
>> potential tankmates, check out the profiles section of the site, or
>> surf the forum.  There's some EXCELLENT information there. :)
>>
>> -Laurel
>> _______________________________________________
>> GSAS-Member mailing list
>> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> GSAS-Member mailing list
> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member

_______________________________________________
GSAS-Member mailing list
GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member