<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9272895#post9272895 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TBR701
Shawn, I am trying to raise the magnesium level, not the calcium level. That is why I need the mag flake instead of the calcium chloride.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9271538#post9271538 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by asnatlas
Can't you also use "calcium chloride" like DOW flakes, I know you can get that locally for like $15.00 a bag... I got a tub of Excel Icemelt from SAMS Club, and I am pretty sure was labled as "calcium chloride"...
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9273483#post9273483 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by szwab
Dow flake is calcium chloride but in a flake form. Dow is the brand that Randy used in his testing and 3 part formulas. Other brads could potentially have some filler materials that could possibly be unhealthy for tanks.
Pella dow is essencially the same same as dow flake but you need less of it than flake to get the same results.
Mag flake is magnesium chloride. and will melt ice as well.
not sure if that is what you were asking about