RE: Re[2]: Deformed Rainbow Fry
GWLANG at ccmail.monsanto.com
Mon, 11 Nov 1996 18:02:28 -0600
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From: rainbowfish-owner at pcug.org.au at INTERNET
Date: 11/10/96 8:11PM
To: GARY W LANGE at MONSL701
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Subject: RE: Re[2]: Deformed Rainbow Fry
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>gl the question becomes then Roy what form of calcium chloride were the Aussies
using? Bruce any comments on this? I thought you all weren't using any buffers
etc.Any other cheap method of obtaining besides as reef blocks? Do they <you-
all down under :-) > add CaCl2 and just dump it in the water or do they dissolve
it first and then add it slowly?
roy - "What I saw in Australia was an extensive use of calcium chloride and not
so much shell grit anymore...Even in Bowmans fishroom!! and he is prehistoric!"
<snip>The reef blocks are primarily
cal. chl. and other trace elements therefore I use them just because of the
extra freebees that I am sure are of some help.
1) you stated somewhere before /web page etc that you use 1 reef block per 10
gallon tank (37.9 liters). How long do you wait before you do your first water
change? Is the block 1/2 gone 1/4 gone or completely gone? I guess the
question is how much of an increase in calcium are you getting in your tanks?
Also the blocks (or many of them) also provide trace elements such as strontium
or cobalt etc. Have you just used a measured amount of calcium chloride to show
that it is the actual beneficial agent in the blocks?