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

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Excellent!  Consulting with my ex-chemist wife to make sure we're getting 
the appropriate product of the 20 variants available.

Thanks!

   - Erik

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008, Scott Frayo wrote:

>
> 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
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> 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
>>
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