Magnesium chloride
 

Any one know where to buy this...locally

I ship. But I am from Manitoba.

^^Good service, good product.

I've recently started using this de-icing salt that is non pharmaceutical grade magnesium chloride hexahydrate http://www.envirotechservices.com/do...soluteZero.pdf You could try contacting them and ask if they know of any retailers that carry this product in your area. http://www.envirotechservices.com/

+100 for LittleSilverMax :D

If you are not wanting to pay shipping, you can try Xenex Lab at 1-800-663-1002 in Coquitlam or google them.

Tom R

Thanks for the replies guys.... I'll do some more reseach into it, I checked the price at Xenex Lab and it is about 37.00 for 500 grams food grade, i can get this Magnesion P 600g made by brightwell for 16.00 appox. there is quite a diffence in price. Was looking for a cheaper diy way...keep looking but for now maybe give the Magnesion P 600g a try until winter comes and i can get the de-icer. Can't seem to find it locally now as for the weather, time of year.

Thanks guys

I like to only use food grade products in my system.

For Magnesium you can use Epsom Salts available at any pharmacy.

Tom R

There is some merit to your approach.

Epsom salts a lone can definitely result in a rise of sulfate.

I ordered 10 lbs calcium and 10 lbs of magnesium for chemaster(littlesilvermax) and with shipping to vancouver island it cas me a little less than $80. Averaged out to be about $4 lb(454g). Even with shipping it was an awesome deal.

The non pharmaceutical magnesium chloride hexahydrate de-icing salt that I bought was $30 for 50 lbs. It seems to be safe based on my (and at least one other persons) experience so far.

I called the Absolute Zero contact info from there website and tried to get the product locally in Victoria. Unfortunately there is no dealer on the Island but there is one in Port Coquitlam.

Also on the mainland is Univar where you can buy DeadSeaWorks Mag Chloride which is recommended by Randy Holmes Farley the chemistry expert on ReefCentral.

Hi

Do you have a number for Absolute Zero in Port Coquitlam, as i couldn't find it.

Call the contact off the Absolute Zero website and they can tell you where to buy the product.

i would def go for the dead sea works mag chloride over the de icing as the dsw is tech grade and purity is guaranteed for those applications, i'm actually looking at getting some so if we can get maybe 4 of us together we can get like 20lbs each for like 30 buckish. i can grab it in a few days

If you can get the DeadSeaWorks I'd be interested in my own 50lb bag.
Are you willing to help a fellow reefer out and ship to the island (at my expense of course).
Or I could possibly pick it up on Sept 7th.
Tyler

pmed

Why would any one risk their reef tank using DE-icing?
save few $ and risk thousands $ and months of tank cycling?
jmo

bigblack where are u i am in abbotsford, i would be interested in deadsea mag-flake

because......
 

because people with more brains than you or I have taken the time to analyze these chemicals and put their reputation on the line to say that it is safe for our tanks. Thousands of reefers are following this method by Randy:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

Hi

Dead sea is actually one of the chem listed by Randy