Glutaraldehyde!

[Alastair]

Cheers @Alastair I'll go for 2% then and just use TNC's dosing regime.

@Sacha 35ml is 7% of 500ml, I think you've just got the decimal in the wrong place. (edit: I see you've noticed now lol)

I wish the glute was at 100%, it would be a lot easier to work out 😀 I've got it down as needing 20ml glute & 480ml water to make a 2% solution from 50% glute. I'll go over my workings again later, see what I've done wrong

Yes sorry I've still got ratio for a litre. In my head so I'd have worked it out the same. 20% gluten 480ml water

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[NC10]

Yes sorry I've still got ratio for a litre. In my head so I'd have worked it out the same. 20% gluten 480ml water

Cheers Alastair, as long as I know I haven't completely lost it 😵

 

[Alastair]

I'm not far off

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[pukas]

Interesting. I find the DIY mix more comparable to EasyCarbo then Excel. I say that as I have to dose more of the DIY mix when spot dosing than I do regular Excel. I also found this with EasyCarbo. One other thing, if I get Excel on my hand it can burn a bit whereas this doesn't happen with DIY / EasyCarbo.

 

[Guest]

Try wet's glutaraldehyde calculator http://rota.la/glut/ DIY mixing was never simpler...

 

[G H Nelson]

Add 30ml of Glut to 970ml of RO/Deionsed water....dose 1ml per 50 litres....moderate planted tank.
Add 30ml of Glut to 470ml....this will give you double the strength.....3%
I think....🙄.....dont get 50% Glut on your hands it stains them brown.
Cheers
hoggie

 

[cheekycharly]

Does this clear up BBA like flourish etc supposedly does? If so you guys need to link me up to the product so I can make some 5litre containers up.

 

[Rargh]

Has anyone got 1 l of 50% Glut for sale? I can only find 5 l on Amazon and that would keep me going for 25 years!
Cheers

 

[cheekycharly]

This forum post seems to have died. Either that or the Glut killed everyone.

Hellooooo, Did anyone survive the DIY liquid carbon thread?

 

[cheekycharly]

Have you seen this

Do we know what Chelated iron he uses and what %? This sounds like the missing peice from everyone's Glut mixes.

The bottle on the video does say on the front but it's too small and blurry to read.

What's your thoughts?

 

[drodgers]

Really interesting. I put quite a lot of prime in the tank yesterday and had a serious fish gasping issue almost straight away. CO2 was right at the edge before...

I learned this the hard way ..Prime binds o2 molecules in heavy doses .

 

[Bhu]

you can get it from http://www.reagent.co.uk/glutaraldehyde
its £11.78 +£7.55 postage (1 litre)

No longer showing up here even on a search

and

http://www.bonnymans.co.uk/products/pro ... uctID=6243
Seems cheaper here, £7.60 for a litre

Is out of stock 🙁

 

[G H Nelson]

If your desperate...pm for prices!
hoggie

 

[AverageWhiteBloke]

Just re-reading this after some time. Did anyone come to any conclusions regarding Fe to the mix?

 

[G H Nelson]

You would need to use Ro or De-Ionsed water has tap has micro nutrients in it!

 

[AverageWhiteBloke]

Not sure what you mean mate. So if you use ro water you would need to add Fe? Just wondering what the purpose of the fe is.

 

[GTL_UK]

Hi,

Where do i buy it ? its out of stock every were....

 

[drodgers]

Hi,

Where do i buy it ? its out of stock every were....

Canada has harsh restrictions on chemicals so i did some searching on glut dosing and have ordered some of this .
Its much cheaper then excel and twice the strength better then nothing?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CIDEX-METRICIDE-OMNICIDE-14-DAY-STERILIZATION-GALLON-/141403945541

 

[GTL_UK]

Looking for something in UK

 

[GTL_UK]

Found it http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Petlife-F...c-/181583448299?ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123