Re: [GSAS-Member] Bulk chemicals - help!

[Scott Frayo <ronscottf@hotmail.com>]

As a research scientist for the UW, I think I can field this one.  

Try Sigma Chemicals:   
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/Area_of_Interest/The_Americas/United_States.html

They are huge international corporation with very reasonable prices and have 
more chemicals than god.  I'm pretty sure that they will ship to an individual 
as well.  If not, contact me offline and I can probably work something out for 
you.

-----Scott


R. Scott Frayo
Insular Species Conservation Society (ISCS)
Board of Trustees, Scientific Committee Chairperson
www.iscsgroup.org

Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society
2006 President, 2008 President
www.pnwhs.org

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> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:24:09 -0700
> From: erik@thekrib.com
> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Bulk chemicals - help!
> 
> For the past umpteen years, Kathy and I have foregone the pricey "Cichlid 
> Salts" and mixed our own formula for our Lake Tanganyika tanks.  This 
> formula consists of dumping in roughly equal parts Calcium Carbonate and 
> Magnesium Carbonate.  It's cheap, it's relatively accurate for Lake 
> Tanganyika, and it's not so harsh on plants.
> 
> Unfortunately, our umpteen year supply just ran out, and we're kinda 
> stumped where to get more.  We tried Welch-Allyn, which has reasonably 
> decent prices on both, but they cancelled our order because we're not an 
> educational institution.  Bah!  How utterly annoying.
> 
> Anyway, does anyone have any ideas where one might obtain inexpensive Mag 
> Carb and Calcite?  Also, if others are interested, I might try to 
> coordinate a group buy.
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> -- 
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
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