Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System

I am going to try this system.  You can find it here: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

Edited by Davidwillis - November 09 2010 at 9:06am

I found some Prestone Driveway Heat one year at either checker or autozone (don't remember which one it was...)

Edited by Crazy Tarzan - November 09 2010 at 12:38am

I believe you meant to post a different link. That one is about Vodka dosing.

In case you didn't realize, we've known about this for many years and can give you some very good advice. Feel free to read more about it in my old thread below (it's a few posts down after the affordable tank setup information).

I'm waiting for winter to arrive before I look too hard for CaCl2 icemelt. In case you haven't heard, the "Driveway Heat" product has been questioned. A few years ago the manufacturing process was changed to where it is slightly contaminated with boron which could cause problems in a tank without regular monthly 10% water changes.

There is a chemical store in Centerville where I've picked up all the pure chemicals I ever needed for my reef. They may have connections in Logan or even Preston, or could ship.
High Valley Chemical
1134 W 850 N.
Centerville, UT 84014-3400
(801) 295-9591

I would also check here: www.bulkreefsupply.com and compare price with High Valley.

Hope this helps.


Edited by Mark Peterson - November 09 2010 at 8:52am

Yeah, I tried to keep mine simple.
Randy probably saw that thread from a year earlier and decided to expand on it.  

I like www.bulkreefsupply.com

I'd stay away from the "Driveway Heat" type products.  As Mark mentioned, those products' ingredients recently changed as they stopped removing bromide from the mixture and even Randy Holmes-Farley has recommended against them.  Do yourself a favor and get it from Bulk Reef Supply.  Their products are pharmaceutical grade and their customer service is phenomenal.

Edited by jcom - January 01 2011 at 4:27pm

In a study someone did on the purity of prominent calcium supplements (I found when looking for Driveway Heat MSDS), they looked at several products including Kent's products, there seems to be little to distinguish between "reef" products and other intended Calcium products.  Even Kents has to put *something* in to create their calcium supplements, whose purity is subject to their suppliers.  Kents had impurities that non-reef products did not!

CaCl

FYI - the recipe is 2 Cups per gallon of water for the Driveway Heat.