Reef Discussion

[scottme]

Hi all,
Does anyone have a few kg of Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate salt left from a bulk buy or otherwise they would like to sell or thinking about a group buy?

 

[Sam Parker]

yep - how much do you need. I have approx 30kg of both Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate and Magnesium Sulphate. How much you chasing?

 

[Sam Parker]

Should mention I also have bulk supplies of:Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Chloride and Potassium Chloride if your chasing any of them too.

 

[daveH]

You're not running a meth lab are you?

 

[Buddy]

You're not running a meth lab are you?

I was thinking someone should be calling the suspicious activity number lol

 

[ezza]

Oh wow Sam!!! You could have very relaxed healthy muscles and teeth!!

 

[slin1977]

I'm chasing Sodium Nitrate...
Carbon dosing drives down nitrates....

 

[Sam Parker]

Not sure what it is, but seems like every hobby I get into I always end up with stockpiles of unusual chemicals... I'm fairly sure I'm already being watched by the people in trench coats from when I was racing with a fuel (well not actually a fuel, but an explosive) nitro-methane. It's not illegal,but is very dangerous in the wrong hands - so my consumption levels were closely monitored!

 

[Buddy]

Next thing Sam will be running a pool and landscaping business to acquire chemicals and fertilizer :D

And now to actually contribute to the topic....
@slin1977 I am sure @chimaera bought some recently because he needed to raise the nitrate levels in his tank.

 

[ReeferRob]

Not sure what it is, but seems like every hobby I get into I always end up with stockpiles of unusual chemicals... I'm fairly sure I'm already being watched by the people in trench coats from when I was racing with a fuel (well not actually a fuel, but an explosive) nitro-methane. It's not illegal,but is very dangerous in the wrong hands - so my consumption levels were closely monitored!

Next thing Sam will be running a pool and landscaping business to acquire chemicals and fertilizer :D

And now to actually contribute to the topic....
@slin1977 I am sure @chimaera bought some recently because he needed to raise the nitrate levels in his tank.

You ought to see the shit I have to go through to buy a 55 gallon drum of methanol here in the US. Most of the cops know me, I work on their service arms, so it's never an issue, but crikey, to buy it there are 5 forms. I have enough fertilizer and diesel at the farm to make Maryland a distant memory, lol.

 

[Sam Parker]

You ought to see the shit I have to go through to buy a 55 gallon drum of methanol here in the US. Most of the cops know me, I work on their service arms, so it's never an issue, but crikey, to buy it there are 5 forms. I have enough fertilizer and diesel at the farm to make Maryland a distant memory, lol.

Bah, methanol is easy!!! That is just used to cut the nitro down to 90% strength. We used to buy a couple 55gal barrels of it at a time, but it has a tendency to absorb moisture fairly quickly. So after that, we started buying 100lt a time off a local speedway shop who were turning it over quickly (speedway fuel of choice) so it was super fresh :)


Anyway - back on topic, if anyone is after any of the AQUARIUM related chemicals, let me know and I'll work out what the cost me.

 

[scottme]

Hehe. Gone are the days you could stockpile ridiculous amounts of stupendous chemicals without anyone batting an eyelid.

I guess I'm after enough for a good few months, so about 3-4kg. My 6 x 1.5 x 1.5 tank is just under 2 weeks old and has a smallish number of softies, so that should keep me going for a while. I'll pm you!

Cheers,
Scott.