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Cal-Boost from Canadian Tire
Has anyone used this product before for dosing? The MSDS says its only calcium chloride dihydrate. Think it's safe long term?
Aquarius Cal-Boost Pool Conditioner MSDS - http://msds.canadiantire.ca/OpenRepo...p?s=203204&v=1 |
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If you look at the MSDS sheet again it shows 60-100% so reads like there is something else in there
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No harm in giving the manufacturer a contact and see what they say.
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Look into Dow Flake, it's 99% calcium chloride and many people have used it in their reef. You can get a huge 20kg bag for like $20.
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^^^ +1, with a MSDS indicating between 60-100% purity you just can't be sure of what impurities you will be adding to your tank. No point saving $15 on bulk additives when you could possibly kill $1000's of dollars worth of coral.
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Is 60-100% referring to purity relative to other solids? I was under the understanding that this could be % by weight. So if the product has a tendency to pull moisture from the air the 60% (worst case per MSDS) could be solid product and most of the balance just water. After reading the data sheet several times it still isn't clear to me either way.
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Even dow flake was like 77%....and its calcium chloride by weight not impurities. Although there will be impurities of different levels depending on the product that is not what you are looking at when you see a percentage like that when it pertains to calcium chloride. You are looking at the amount of calcium chloride.....so it is how much calcium chloride is in the product but most of the rest will be water and a varying amount of impurities.
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I was thinking the 60-100% purity was because of moisture. I guess it could be a number of things not worth the chances though. I would have tested it out on a small coral QT tank but I guess this won't show any long term issues that might arise.
Where exactly are you guys getting your calcium chloride and magnesium chloride from? Last edited by thedoogan; 03-18-2013 at 07:56 PM. |
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