New RANDY's 2 part - Page 5

fatrip · #**101** 12/28/2007, 12:35 PM

would this letter be the same on Peladow as well?

renogaw · #**102** 12/28/2007, 01:39 PM

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Originally posted by fatrip
would this letter be the same on Peladow as well?

he said it was for all their dow calcium cloride products i believe

fatrip · #**103** 12/28/2007, 02:42 PM

did you email him, cause i cant get any one to email me back. there is no lot number on the bag and nothing that has any letters in it. just wondering if you stil have his email or if you would be interested in asking him how i would go about finding when this bag was manufactured. thanks

renogaw · #**104** 12/28/2007, 03:18 PM

I used the contact us button on the dow.com page. He never responded to any other emails i subsequently sent him.

fatrip · #**105** 12/28/2007, 04:22 PM

bummer, yea i had sent them 2 contact us email things and they havnt responded, over a week period.

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**106** 12/31/2007, 10:37 AM

so what is the new receipe ?

It is not a new recipe per se. It is a concern with one ingredient in the recipe, and a switch to something else or an old batch may be useful.

Namyar · #**107** 12/31/2007, 09:07 PM

I moving on to the pickling lime

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**108** 12/31/2007, 09:09 PM

That's a fine idea.

rigleautomotive · #**109** 12/31/2007, 10:00 PM

randy,what is your secret in keeping parameters where they need to be with just kalk.i always end up with low alk within a week or two.

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**110** 01/01/2008, 07:44 AM

Maybe the demand in your tank is higher. Do you have a lot of SPS?

rigleautomotive · #**111** 01/01/2008, 10:43 AM

yes,big old mother colonies.my frag system does great with just kalk.on my display,a 180 gallon ,i need to run my cal reactor with effluent at 6.8,and all top off is kalk to keep things where they need to be.i dont like the repressed ph so i run my cal reactor at 6.8.i would like to get away with one or the other,but my tank does the best with both.

tmz · #**112** 01/01/2008, 10:58 AM

Nice corals. I use fully staurated limewater for all top off and run a calcium reactor 24/7 at 6.7 with similar results my alk at least for now holds steady. I proably have less sps. I'm very content with this combination.
Happy New Year

rigleautomotive · #**113** 01/01/2008, 11:08 AM

thanks,i'm with you there,but sometimes i wish there was an easier way.

davy182 · #**114** 01/01/2008, 12:12 PM

For how many questions you get and responses. I would like to give you kudos Randy for being patient and a good source for other reefers to rely on for credible information.

kinerson · #**115** 01/01/2008, 12:33 PM

Nice post Davy, I second it!

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**116** 01/01/2008, 02:25 PM

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.

davy182 · #**117** 01/01/2008, 03:21 PM

Randy,

In saltwater does bromide stand alone or is it measured as sodium bromide. Because if it is, pool/spas have bromine generators to substitute chlorine and the test kits they use is for sodium bromide. Do you think something like this would work to check the calcium products. http://www.lambertshomeservices.com/...m_bromine.html

David

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**118** 01/01/2008, 04:31 PM

I do not know how the kit works, but it certainly measures bromide ion, and simply reports the results as it it all were sodium bromide. It is a slight correction downward to get bromide alone. I do not know if it would be accurate in seawater, or what range it reads in.

ShipWreck2 · #**119** 01/02/2008, 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by Randy Holmes-Farley
It doesn't give enough info to compare to Dowflake. That is the same spec that Dow's food grade meets, but Dow now has too much bromide. It might be repackaged Dow material.

I have emailed aquatic Eco-Systems again and although they can not confirm the bromide levels but did verify this is not a repackaged Dow product and that it does not contain any potassium either. They sell it as an additive for recirculating aquaculture systems so it must be safe for freshwater fish, but not sure about corals/marine.

Anybody tried this product?

192clark · #**120** 01/06/2008, 06:54 PM

where would the lot number be found on a 50 lb bag?

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**121** 01/07/2008, 08:28 AM

Here's one location that someone found and posted a picture on the Boston Reefers web site:

http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/...1&d=1198176407

192clark · #**122** 01/07/2008, 09:28 AM

Thanks Randy.

And Happy Reefing to you!

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**123** 01/07/2008, 12:04 PM

you're welcome.

Good luck.

Greg Hiller · #**124** 01/07/2008, 01:15 PM

Here's another option, seems cheap enough to buy a few and check it out:

http://www.discovertesting.com/produ...st%20Strips%20(3%20in%201)%20Spa%20Check

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**125** 01/07/2008, 01:44 PM

Bromine? Not bromide?