Really? How old were your AI lights?
Shrinkflation by BRS
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homer1475
Figuring out the hobby one coral at a time.
No, prices. Calcium chloride has gone way up post covid from BRS.
And I can weigh out my supplements and get an exact match batch to batch. Not rely on some other company to get it right every time.
pjr
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I just went to reorder and wow that's a price increase! Very disappointing..... the genesis of BRS was selling the 2 part products to reefers with good QC, packaging, and pricing. Seems like they are too big to care about that base any longer.
Does anyone have viable alternatives for calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate?
Does anyone have viable alternatives for calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate?
Richard baker
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Just went to get a new 5 gallon of ca ,and soda ash wow doubled in price this company is completely going down the tubes from the original roots it was founded on . Been a customer since 2010 and they are truly getting greedy.
spsick
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Yeah going from 25 to 40 on 2 part seems excessive. I work in the chemical industry and can attest that some raw materials have in fact doubled so I can’t say for sure. Silicone doubled and caustic and acids went up a good amount.
Richard baker
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collins.jason.k
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Also where I am they no longer have the cheesecake doughnut...
Ok, so how many of youz are old enough to remember when a pop tart was so wide you needed to whack it with a hammer to get it down inside a toaster? Now you can get 2 of them into the same toaster slot.
Amphibious Wallet
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Yeah the silicon shortage was a real humdinger. $4/kg silicone oil base stocks to $13/kg. Ouchies.
The lab chems haven't gone up all that much from what I feel, our AR grade Ca(OH)₂ barely moved, but I might be looking at grandfathered in stock.
Maybe a 10% increase in raw materials that don't fall under shutting down a whole province of China to clear the air for a couple months. Still, that's just what I'm seeing on the surface and in my neck of the woods.
TnFishwater98
Drink more fishwater there! And I still want more!
Everything has gotten smaller. Even our kids chip snack packs. There is like 7 chips and the bag fits in the palm of my hand. Things have gotten ridiculous. You can’t blame all company’s for taken advantage but there are definitely companies that are. Hopefully good change comes soon.
