Who's using Prestone Driveway Heat?

falconut · 01/09/2007, 04:50 PM

As the title says, who is using this for their reef tank? I just got a 50# bag at HD, but I'd like to be extra sure before I use it.

tkeracer619 · 01/09/2007, 05:07 PM

Have you seen this article?

REMoses · 01/09/2007, 05:10 PM

I have NOT used this product. I did not know what it was. For those who do not know and are curious...follow this link...

Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement

When I saw your title, I thought you were about to pave your sandbed.

falconut · 01/09/2007, 05:24 PM

You guys have linked to the same article and yes I've read it. I am trying to find out who's using it and if they've had any problems. I currently use the Kent Turbo Calcium and it seams to be very similar. Plus, I can't find the Dowflake locally, so I'd have to get it shipped, which would make it almost 3 times the cost of the Driveway Heat.

DrBDC · 01/09/2007, 05:50 PM

for about 2 years.

Froggy · 01/09/2007, 06:00 PM

I have been using it for about 15 months. No problems at all. I use it both for the calcium part of my homemade 2 part solution thats added daily as well as just the prestone alone to make occasional adjustments in tank parameters. I love the stuff and its cheap in bulk.

DrBDC · 01/09/2007, 06:07 PM

Oh, and I also use Mississippi lime company kalk. 50lb bags for 11 bucks. That is my main ca/alk supplement with weekly corrections done with the 2(3) part. The only mag supplement I do is from the 2(3) part and I even used regular epsom salts for the first year until I finally ordered the mag flake. I do weekly (or at least every other week) 15% water changes so the sulphate never built up on me. I still do that even using the MgCl though.

falconut · 01/09/2007, 08:34 PM

BMP

Paintbug · 01/09/2007, 08:35 PM

i have been using it for just over a year. no complants at all!

freebin · 01/09/2007, 09:01 PM

Thanks... for the links...

CaptainCoral · 01/09/2007, 09:06 PM

I bought two bags last winter. Um, lets just say I have enough to last a while. :0

View Poll Results: Who's using Prestone Driveway Heat?
I've been using it for less than 6 months, no problems.	2	25.00%
I've been using it for 6 - 12 months, no problems.	0	0%
I've been using it for over a year, no problems.	6	75.00%
I used it and had problems. (Please explain your problem in a post)	0	0%
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01/09/2007, 04:50 PM	#1
falconut Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Blackwood, NJ Posts: 3,813	Who's using Prestone Driveway Heat? As the title says, who is using this for their reef tank? I just got a 50# bag at HD, but I'd like to be extra sure before I use it.

01/09/2007, 05:07 PM	#2
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	Have you seen this article? __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

01/09/2007, 05:24 PM	#4
falconut Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Blackwood, NJ Posts: 3,813	You guys have linked to the same article and yes I've read it. I am trying to find out who's using it and if they've had any problems. I currently use the Kent Turbo Calcium and it seams to be very similar. Plus, I can't find the Dowflake locally, so I'd have to get it shipped, which would make it almost 3 times the cost of the Driveway Heat. __________________ 180 Gallon FOWLR, 40 Gallon Sump and 10 Gallon Refuge. (2) OceanRevive S026 LEDs, ASM G2 Skimmer & SCA-302 Skimmer. Setup since July 2017.

01/09/2007, 05:50 PM	#5
DrBDC Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ballwin, Missouri Posts: 10,358	for about 2 years. __________________ Some drink at the fountain of knowledge, some just gargle, but most are rabid. Current Tank Info: 180g sps+75 softy/lps on one system tunze's, seio's, mjmods, aquacontroller w/add ons, 2X400 XM10000 and 3X160 vho actinic, 110g sump, 110 frag tank, Geo Beckett and other stuff

01/09/2007, 05:10 PM	#3
REMoses Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 84	I have NOT used this product. I did not know what it was. For those who do not know and are curious...follow this link... Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement When I saw your title, I thought you were about to pave your sandbed.

01/09/2007, 06:00 PM	#6
Froggy Reef "Hobbyist"...right!? Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canton, MI Posts: 2,160	I have been using it for about 15 months. No problems at all. I use it both for the calcium part of my homemade 2 part solution thats added daily as well as just the prestone alone to make occasional adjustments in tank parameters. I love the stuff and its cheap in bulk.

01/09/2007, 06:07 PM	#7
DrBDC Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ballwin, Missouri Posts: 10,358	Oh, and I also use Mississippi lime company kalk. 50lb bags for 11 bucks. That is my main ca/alk supplement with weekly corrections done with the 2(3) part. The only mag supplement I do is from the 2(3) part and I even used regular epsom salts for the first year until I finally ordered the mag flake. I do weekly (or at least every other week) 15% water changes so the sulphate never built up on me. I still do that even using the MgCl though. __________________ Some drink at the fountain of knowledge, some just gargle, but most are rabid. Current Tank Info: 180g sps+75 softy/lps on one system tunze's, seio's, mjmods, aquacontroller w/add ons, 2X400 XM10000 and 3X160 vho actinic, 110g sump, 110 frag tank, Geo Beckett and other stuff

01/09/2007, 08:34 PM	#8
falconut Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Blackwood, NJ Posts: 3,813	BMP __________________ 180 Gallon FOWLR, 40 Gallon Sump and 10 Gallon Refuge. (2) OceanRevive S026 LEDs, ASM G2 Skimmer & SCA-302 Skimmer. Setup since July 2017.

01/09/2007, 08:35 PM	#9
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	i have been using it for just over a year. no complants at all! __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

01/09/2007, 09:01 PM	#10
freebin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SD Posts: 38	Thanks... for the links...

01/09/2007, 09:06 PM	#11
CaptainCoral Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Naperville,IL Posts: 1,104	I bought two bags last winter. Um, lets just say I have enough to last a while. :0 __________________ I have 300 lbs. of pet rock Current Tank Info: 55[QuarantineTank],75[softie,clown/anemone], and 180 AGA reefs