Dowflake, Peladow anyone?

I got mine at the local farm co op. They use it to control dust. 11bucks a bag. Good luck. If you cant find it local let me know. About a 45min drive from you is where I got mine.

Little confused as to why this was moved to the lounge???????

Dowflake is 80% Calcium Chloride and I thought it was common knowledge that it can be used as a calcium suppliment. Do you really think I wanted to know where I could get Ice Melt?

http://www.michiganreefers.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5117&highlight=dowflake
http://www.michiganreefers.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5149&highlight=dowflake

Could I get this moved back to reefs???

jblabs I am actually driving to Battle Creek tomorrow if you want I can stop and get you a bag or 2 on the way down and we can meet in BC somewhere. Let me know.

Moved back guess he didn't know what the intent of the thread was

As a side note I have a 50# bag if some one wants some let me know. It more than I will ever use

I plan on getting some hen the snow flies. Now you can get this stuff any hardware store or home depot?
Thanks

I looked late last year at Lowes and Menards and had no luck. From what I gather Home Depot had it and the Farm Co-Op would be a better place to try. This time of year the Farm Co-op (or Farm Bureau) in our city would be a better shot.

use?

Okay I understand that salt is calcium chloride and all that good stuff but what's it's place in this grand hobby of ours? If it was pure calcium chloride i could understand but 80% what's the other 20% .....

Tide

As I remember from the article on RC the other 20% is water

Re: use?

Tide2Water said:

Okay I understand that salt is calcium chloride and all that good stuff but what's it's place in this grand hobby of ours? If it was pure calcium chloride i could understand but 80% what's the other 20% .....

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Couldn't find the article, but it was close to 20% water and it actually has less impurities than the commercial calcium suppliments they tested. I'll post a link later.

This is a link to the "recipe".
Calcium\alk suppliment

A month or two later they compared the accumulation of trace minerals using the homemade and the store bought 2 part supplements, I just couldn't find it. They found that none of the supplements increased levels of chemicals like lithium above toxic levels but the Dowflake version was actually cleaner than some.

Its a nice cheap way to supplement calcium.

Found it at the local farm co-op $12 for 50. Man what a deal!!

You will be very happy with it. Good Luck.