dowflake and epsom salt?

[ezcompany]

gonna try the randy's solution.
i heard home depot doesn't carry them, anywhere else to get this stuff locally? i don't think i can haul 50 lbs though

 

[EmDy]

epsom salt is in the local walmart. about $3 small milk paper container.

 

[gbtower]

dowflake (cacl) can be had in pellet form from a pool supply. i use the hardness adjuster from leslie's pool supply. it's pricier per lb, but it's local and in 8lb (i think) buckets.

 

[Bebo77]

where can we get the Magnessium for randys formula?( sorry dont mean to hijack your thread)

 

[skairik]

I get my 3lb. Epsom salt at Kmart for $2.22. gbtower is correct; just go to your local Leslie's Pool Supply and look for their Hardness Plus Calcium Hardness Increaser. Remember about dosing the magnesium though. You're only supposed to dose it all at once when you're finished with the other 2 gallons of Calc. and Alk. For smaller systems Randy advises to dose it in small quantities so as to prevent any adverse effects on your corals.

 

[ezcompany]

Gabe, thats the same question i posted its the epsom salt thats needed to make the magnesium

 

[ezcompany]

would it be advisable to stick with commercial additives for the magnesium then?

 

[skairik]

Epsom salt is Epsom salt. I'm not aware of any "commercial" epsom salt.

 

[ezcompany]

oh i'm talking about branded magnesium additives. seachem, tropic marin, esv, etc.

 

[Bebo77]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8562879#post8562879 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
Gabe, thats the same question i posted its the epsom salt thats needed to make the magnesium

lol opps DOH

DOH



where can we buy Dow Mag flake?

 

[Michael Mota]

Home Depot should be stocking that stuff for the winter season but I too have not seen it in the store as of yet.

 

[gbtower]

Are you really supposed to dose all the mag at once at the end? I believe you CAN, but do you HAVE to? I've been doing a little at a time. I figure consistency of the mag level would be better than a slow decline followed by a big jump.

 

[Bebo77]

yup... read here

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-07/rhf/index.php

 

[818]

Epsom salt? I used to take baths in that crap, when I got out of surgery. You can pretty much buy that from the icecream man, it sells everywhere.

 

[818]

Wait what the hell? Im lost what are you guys trying to buy?

 

[ezcompany]

Epsom Salt (magnesium) and Dowflake/Hardness Plus Calcium Hardness Increaser (calcium)

 

[Bebo77]

or mag flake...

 

[Animation]

MAGNESIUM FLAKE.
http://www.harveysalt.com/prod01.htm

 

[Animation]

Potassium.
http://www.iherb.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?c=Herbs&pid=NOW-01450

Magnesiun & Potassium
http://www.nextag.com/liquid-potassium/search-html

 

[babyjess210]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8564305#post8564305 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
Epsom Salt (magnesium) and Dowflake/Hardness Plus Calcium Hardness Increaser (calcium)

EZ
I have about 2lbs of epsom salt left over from my discus days. We use it for a laxative. If you want it, you can have it. I work 5 min from you in downtown L.A. (Wilshire and Hope). LMK i can bring it to work.
kenny