Cal-Boost from Canadian Tire

[thedoogan]

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

[Bryan]

If you look at the MSDS sheet again it shows 60-100% so reads like there is something else in there

[lastlight]

There are no additional ingredients present which, within the current knowledge of the supplier and in the concentrations applicable, are classified as hazardous to health or the environment and hence require reporting in this section.

Doesn't exactly tell you what other impurities are there or their concentrations. Typically the stuff people use is of a certain grade / purity.

[ckmullin]

No harm in giving the manufacturer a contact and see what they say.

[sphelps]

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.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by sphelps

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.

^^^ +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.

[lastlight]

Wasn't there issues with Dow at one point? Levels of borate or something? Does RHF currently support the use of Dow Flake?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Wasn't there issues with Dow at one point? Levels of borate or something? Does RHF currently support the use of Dow Flake?

I don't know much about it these days but worth looking into I think.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1275153

[fixerupper]

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

^^^ +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.

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.

[reefermadness]

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.