Randy Holmes Farely recipe's Canadian version

[Hightower]

Ok Im sure many of you have read or are aware of Randy's recipes for 2 part alkalinity and calcium adding which is supposed to be a cost alternative to the expensive commercial stuff.

First of all does anyone use it, and 2nd, Where do you get your Epsom salts, and Dow flake. Baking soda is a no brainer sold as Arm and Hammer here as well.

Is this recipe good enough to substitute for my kalkwasser? I drip kalk with my RO top off.

[Gools]

Epsom salts you can usually get at any grocery store around the pharmasy area. It's used in baths to relieve muscle sorness, and it's really cheap. It is also mostly a type of magnesium.

[fakename]

Be very careful buying epsom salts as many are perfumed. I think you would be better to go to a pharmacy and ask the pharmacist if they carry a non-perfumed variety.....

[dunl]

RCSS has plain epsom salt that I have used successfully in my cichlid tanks for years. Cheap, too.

Any drugstore should have them.

[Hightower]

What about the Dow flakes he uses for calcium chloride?

[Werbo]

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20083&highlight=dow+flakes

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