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    Posted: December 22 2006 at 9:45am
I just spied a Prestone?  salt  bottle at Home Depot and looked at the ingredients.... CACl!!!!!
I have looked for this for some time now.  $8 per gallonish jug.
 
Any comments?  Experience?  Is this a go?
Jon?
 
 
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Been there, used that..   I have actually used many many gallons of the homemade 2-part over the years.   For  the Ca part I used that Prestone from Home Depot.  I have almost used the whole container of prestone.  With a Ca reactor my requirements for the 2- part has been drastically reduced the last couple of years.  My only concern with the homemade stuff is possibly providing side nutrients that may increase algae.  I run the Fe based PO4 remover and Carbon which I hoped may reduce that possibilty.  Oh yeah, my other concern was changing the balance of the Saltwater mix due to the volume of extra Na and Cl I was adding to the tank.  So far no problems.
 
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John, many people have used the Prestone Driveway Heat without problem.  The manufacturer claims that it's just repackaged Dow Peladow, which is just anhydrous Dowflake, which Randy Holmes-Farley tested on GC-MS and found clean of contaminates.
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I've used it for a couple of years now and have seen no neg side effects.
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Who is Randy Holmes-Farley?  Pretty cool that it was tested using that type of equipment...I'm not sure if my former employer would have let me us theirs.
I guess I'll buy a couple of containers.
 
Thanks a bunch!
 
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Who is Randy Holmes-Farley? 
 
That nice guy who moderates the chemistry forum over at reefcentral. 
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