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Thats what I concluded as well. I bought a bag, but haven't tried using any of it yet.

After taking a closer look at the datasheet pages of both Peladow and Dowflake, I've found one main difference, though I have yet to track down the significance. Dowflake is made from "Type S; Grade 1, Class A" calcium chloride, and Peladow is made from "Type S, Grade 2, Class B" calcium...

So I've finally tracked down some Dow calcium chloride products in my local area, (which rarely freezes, so this was a challenge). I had a local Ace hardware special order some Peladow, which is made by Dow, but has a higher concentration of calcium chloride. It also appears to have different...

Thanks for the replies. With this being my first reef, not knowing how long the coralline would take to encrust limited my perspective. Rebuild it is!

A little background... Been working on a 100 gal reef system (55 gal. display, 25 gal fuge, 30 gal sump) for the past year or so. Almost got water in it, just fine tuning the details. Such as...I painted the back of the display and fuge black. I then painted the spray bar returns black so the...