2-part Soda Ash and Calcium in BULK NOW AVAILABLE

[lastlight]

i assumed the well-known vendor you were referring to selling calcium chloride was BRS. i'd love to not pay BRS' shipping but I'm scared to try anything else to be honest.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by lastlight

i assumed the well-known vendor you were referring to selling calcium chloride was BRS. i'd love to not pay BRS' shipping but I'm scared to try anything else to be honest.

Same here - who's going first

[Reef Supplies]

Originally Posted by lastlight

i assumed the well-known vendor you were referring to selling calcium chloride was BRS. i'd love to not pay BRS' shipping but I'm scared to try anything else to be honest.

It's not BRS CC :-)

Originally Posted by wayner

Same here - who's going first

I'll post the lab test results as soon as we can get them blacked out

[lastlight]

i'm really good with photoshop i can black them out for you =)

[Reef Supplies]

Originally Posted by lastlight

i'm really good with photoshop i can black them out for you =)

[LoJack]

Originally Posted by lastlight

i assumed the well-known vendor you were referring to selling calcium chloride was BRS. i'd love to not pay BRS' shipping but I'm scared to try anything else to be honest.

I'm pretty much in the same boat. My tank is in the best shape its ever been in, its the most stable its ever been. My gut tells me don't mess with anything and just pay the extra to stick with what I know... but I see massive savings potential by buying Canadian.

I have enough chemicals to last me a fair bit still ... perhaps we'll have some feedback from a few others before I need to pull the trigger!

Any updates on posting the results Ray?

[Reef Supplies]

so we had a quick meeting and we have decided that posting the chart was a bad idea. I have removed it.

Why, you ask? :-) Well a couple of reasons.

- it caused confusion and panic. We received 5 phone calls and 3 emails from clients wanting to know if the stuff they had been using in their tanks was on the list and how all their coral and fish were going to die! As I said in my first post, these are ALL well know manufactures that we have ALL been using for years. Just because Manufacture A has a lithium reading of 28.7 and Manufacture B has a reading of 6.8, does it mean that A is bad for your tank?

- A colleague called asking why our silicate was so high at 7445. I replied with "did you know that the 2-part you have been selling for the past 5 years has a reading of 19014"? "Does that make it bad...any clients complain"? How high is too high?

The purpose off the test was to determine what product has the lowest organics and NPOC. The lower the readings the better.

FWIW: High organics can cause cyano outbreaks. When you use a "reef salt" that is high in trace elements and you use an organic rich 2-part you can cause a cyano outbreak. Not too mention all the other stuff we are dosing. Too many trace elements.

It's like the newbie who starts dosing "coral food" and follows the directions on the bottles only to end up dosing 6-7 different products daily. He will end up with an organics overload causing a cayno outbreak.

In closing, the chart was a mistake on my part. I should have never posted it nor mentioned it. It all boils down to trust, you need to trust the store you are doing business with. Those of you who have worked with us know that we are in it for the long haul and we will continue to offer you the best possible product and service.

thanks,

Ray

[Reef Supplies]

UPDATE



Our 2-part / 3-part combos are up.



Bulk 2-part dosing system (makes 2 x 1 gallon)

Bulk 2-part dosing system (makes 10 x 1 gallon)

Thanks :-)

Ray

[LoJack]

Do you have any reference for the concentration of your product when mixed to your specifications?

The product I use now, I know that 1ml of solution, will raise the calcium level in 1 gallon of water by 10 ppm. (obviously you need to test to get your particular dosing right, I'm basically trying to associate a Dollar Value to each ml of solution after mixed)

I'm trying to figure out the value of the concentration.

I don't want to switch to a different bulk chemical, if the concentration is lower to the point that its going to take me 3ml to make the same change in my water.

I use a ton of solution in my current SPS tank, and its not only about value, but how long my 5 gallon pail of solution will last at my current dosing rates.

[LoJack]

Oh, And has anyone tried these chemicals yet … I know everyone is waiting for a guinea pig, has there been one yet?