Hot salt or fritz

[schwafan420]

Anybody use hot salt reef or fritz salt mix? Thinking about changing from reef crystals.

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[Brad Bessett]

I use Fritz RPM and love it. Made the change from RSCP and am glad I did.

 

[BigJim]

I recently switched to Fritz Pro from HW Marinemix primarily to save a little money. I have had success with it so far in a SPS heavy tank. I try to use a salt mix that closely matches where I keep my alk. I don't believe salt mix has a huge impact on success in this hobby. I have witnessed awesome tanks using just about every salt mix on the market.

 

[Brad Bessett]

It may not have a huge impact on success but I think it makes a big impact on the ease of success. Yes, lesser salts will work just fine but I found that when I switched to RSCP and then to Fritz, my dosing regimen got a lot easier. I hardly have to dose trace elements now and just do alk in my top off.

Like Jim, I switched to the RMP because the alk is close to where I want my tank to be at. The RSCP was always much higher than I wanted.

 

[JBradford]

Fritz. Honestly because that's what my LFS used when I set up the tank. Bought salt and 100 gallons of water from him then used his salt mix (fritz) before I got my own filtration and started making my own. Already have the fritz in the garage from my initial purchase.

 

[Et817]

Fritz Rpm. They have great customer service.

 

[Tom Blevins]

Just switched from R.C. to Fritz RPM so far so good!

 

[tj w]

I switched to Fritz around 6 months ago, it's been great for me!

 

[Rick.45cal]

What does the Alk test out at of the Fritz RPM?

 

[Tom Blevins]

What does the Alk test out at of the Fritz RPM?

The Reef Crystals I had to add soda ash to get my KH to 9 but the Fritz is spot on.

 

[petemichelle]

and ph, what is the ph with fritz

 

[Tom Blevins]

I personally don't worry about my PH since my ALK is on point.

 

[NanoDJS]

20 years using everything else , and now 150% fritz ONLY , I will never look back , the single biggest hurdle i didnt know I had was the dang salt mix lol ......problem solved

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

20 years using everything else , and now 150% fritz ONLY , I will never look back , the single biggest hurdle i didnt know I had was the dang salt mix lol ......problem solved

What problem did changing salt mixes solve?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

The Reef Crystals I had to add soda ash to get my KH to 9 but the Fritz is spot on.

While I do not know what you observed exactly, but that most definitely is not generally true. Reef Crystals at reasonable salinity does not have alkalinity below 9 dKH.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

and ph, what is the ph with fritz

pH is not an attribute of a salt mix (at least, not once you mix and aerate it). pH is determined only by the alkalinity and the CO2 level of the air it is equilibrated with.

 

[schwafan420]

I honestly love that I switched to fritz from rc.

 

[BoomCorals]

I switched to fritz after using reef crystals for 8 years. I switched because my issue with RC is that no matter how much I roll and knead the bag I get large fluctuations from box to box in parameters. Looking at my log book (I log params on every new box) mag ranges from 1400 to 1600, alk from 9 to 12, and calc from 450-500 at 1.026.

Fritz is always 1420, 8.5, and 440 with only tiny variations. Plus it mixes clear in 15 minutes and no brown sludge residue.

 

[Wildcats1023]

I recently switched to Fritz from tropic Marin bio actif. Is there a reason why I would have more algae on my glass? Numbers are all good I just have more algae. I've done 5 or 6 water changes now and I do believe I have better coloring with my corals.
The algae is decreasing just wondering what would have caused it from switchings salts.