Dow flake Tampa area?

[adnup]

I haven't looked too hard, HD doesn't have it. But does anyone know where I can get Dow Flake (or calcium chloride dihydrate) in the Tampa Bay area?

 

[Saliki]

Considering its primary use is for thawing winter snow....im not surprised.

 

[oldsaint]

I searched and searched also and never found any. I ended up ordering some from this place.
http://www.buckeyefieldsupply.com/showproducts.asp?Sub=124&showspecials=124

 

[bkwudzjeep]

Check a local Pinch-A-Penny....should be the same stuff.....

 

[adnup]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7428967#post7428967 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oldsaint
I searched and searched also and never found any. I ended up ordering some from this place.
http://www.buckeyefieldsupply.com/showproducts.asp?Sub=124&showspecials=124

Thanks for the quick answers

Oldsaint - do you make your own 2 part buffer? If so hows it working out for you?

 

[oldsaint]

adnup, not yet. I actually just found that site the other day. I'm going to try the "new and improved home made 2 part" http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

 

[robthorn]

there is a place near the airport that will get it for you for $20 a 50lb bag but you want pelladow because it is better . if you search my name you will eventually find it. there is also another site that has the info that would be easier to find on but I can't let that info go. sorry it's against rc rules and regulations. I can't remember the name of the chemical company but if I run across it I will let you know I will try to search my thread subscription from a little while back. pelladow is more resistant to humidity and is cleaner according to the manufacturer. it is pellets instead of flakes. I have had some in a kalk bucket with no rubber seal for about 2 years and it isn't even the slightest bit clumpy. this company will get you kalk and magnesium also if you want it.

 

[michindi]

what is this stuff for?

 

[college429]

Airport place is Chem Stat, inc.
They can get you anything you need. I've used them.
4606 West Crest Ave. Tampa, Fl 33614
Phone: 870-2436
I'm using their stuff for a homemade two part. Works great.

 

[robthorn]

thats the company I found last year thanks college.

 

[michindi]

anybody? or am i just typing for the hell of it

 

[DaddyJax]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7431238#post7431238 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by college429

I'm using their stuff for a homemade two part. Works great.

Calcium.

 

[david8956]

michindi - this is used to make part 1 of a home made 2 part additive. This supplies calcium, baking soda supplies the alkalinity. This is all I have used for over a year. Here is the link for the reciepe if you want to try it. (Big advantage is cost....it costs me right at $1 per month, and I dose 75 ml of each part daily)

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

 

[robthorn]

dave are you dosing magnesium also? I would figure having stonies you would use alot.

 

[david8956]

robthorn - yes I am. I use a combination of epsom salts and magnesium chloride hexahydrate as described in the 2 part receipe. About a cup every month keeps my magnesium aroung 1400.

 

[michindi]

david...thank you i will take a look at it

 

[college429]

I am using the same formulas as David8956. It is working great for me.

 

[adnup]

Awsome! thanks guys......
My wife thinks
I'm turning into a MAD chemist! She says "just buy the B-ionic". but the way I look at it, its just giving more money to play with live stuff in the tank.....

 

[markandkristen]

ok i found the flakes and pinch a penny $26 for a 50lb bag

now the magnesium chloride ?

i just paid 29 for my 2 part gallon size. of bionic. going to use those jugs so i think i have the expensive stuff

 

[adnup]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7444071#post7444071 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by markandkristen
ok i found the flakes and pinch a penny $26 for a 50lb bag

now the magnesium chloride ?

i just paid 29 for my 2 part gallon size. of bionic. going to use those jugs so i think i have the expensive stuff

Is it dow flakes or something similar? PAP is closer than Tampa for me