Fritz salt or red sea

[MNFish]

I am on my 4th box of Fritz salt but the price has gone up so it is now about the same as red sea salt.
I am thinking about switching, and looking for other Fritz salt users to talk me out of it and red sea salt users to talk me into it.
Do you use either of these and why do you love it?

 

[Spare time]

I've used both and I couldn't care less lol. I just go for red sea because it mixes super fast and I have historically kept my numbers at the coral pro levels. Plus it is carried in store near me. I am fairly confident no one is successful or not successful because of their salt so just pick whichever you seem to enjoy mixing and whichever matches the levels you want at x salinity.

 

[MNFish]

I've used both and I couldn't care less lol. I just go for red sea because it mixes super fast and I have historically kept my numbers at the coral pro levels. Plus it is carried in store near me. I am fairly confident no one is successful or not successful because of their salt so just pick whichever you seem to enjoy mixing and whichever matches the levels you want at x salinity.

Thanks, everything is going good so I know it makes sense to stick with it, but the salt is always better on the other side of the fence...

 

[jgirardnrg]

I switched a while back from Fritz to Red Sea because of inconsistent batches from Fritz. They mix to about the same parameters.

 

[Dw79]

I started out with Red Sea and switched to Fritz to save some money. My tank went down hill and didn't respond well to Fritz and I have since switched back to Red Sea.

 

[Uncle99]

I am on my 4th box of Fritz salt but the price has gone up so it is now about the same as red sea salt.
I am thinking about switching, and looking for other Fritz salt users to talk me out of it and red sea salt users to talk me into it.
Do you use either of these and why do you love it?

Agreed, Fritz price up and now within 5-10 bucks of Red Sea.
The parameters are quite the same between Redline and blue box fritz and RS black and blue buckets.
I switched backed to Red Sea due to price, both I used and switched easily in the past.

 

[attiland]

Thanks, everything is going good so I know it makes sense to stick with it, but the salt is always better on the other side of the fence...

No that is the grass and greener.
I use Red Sea blue and top it up with whatever I feel necessary.

 

[Spare time]

Thanks, everything is going good so I know it makes sense to stick with it, but the salt is always better on the other side of the fence...

You can always try it. It shouldn't hurt.

 

[REEFTIDE]

You'd be amazed how many people use instant ocean, doesn't test bad under ICP either. Just food for thought

 

[Jeffcb]

Red Sea. I think its the only salt actually collected from the sea. Fact. All of the rest, yes all the others brands are mined from underground. Yes.

 

[Tbg299]

I am on my 4th box of Fritz salt but the price has gone up so it is now about the same as red sea salt.
I am thinking about switching, and looking for other Fritz salt users to talk me out of it and red sea salt users to talk me into it.
Do you use either of these and why do you love it?

I have been using Red Sea Coral Pro for over 6 months, and it is the most consistent salt mix I've used. Only downside is it must be used within 12 hours after mixing. I'm assuming this is because it has a higher calcium/Mg than other salt mixes which causes it to precipitate.

 

[bsagea]

We' ve used TMP, Fritz Red, Reef Crystals, IO and RedcSea Coral Pro. Red Sea has had the most disgusting brown residue of any salt we've ever used. Had to use a scrub brush and rinse over a half dozen times to clean my salt barrel. Never again!!! TMP has definitely mixed the best so far. I have one "German" bucket left so not sure what the future holds for our tanks. All I know is I don't believe this "brown crud" is ok for your tank regardless of what anyone says.
bsa

 

[Spare time]

We' ve used TMP, Fritz Red, Reef Crystals, IO and RedcSea Coral Pro. Red Sea has had the most disgusting brown residue of any salt we've ever used. Had to use a scrub brush and rinse over a half dozen times to clean my salt barrel. Never again!!! TMP has definitely mixed the best so far. I have one "German" bucket left so not sure what the future holds for our tanks. All I know is I don't believe this "brown crud" is ok for your tank regardless of what anyone says.
bsa

The brown crud is just likely precipitation (calcium carbonate with some magnesium). Harmless. Randy ran an icp test on it once (I think using instant ocean) and that's what he found. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/what-salt-brands-do-you-recommend.870897/page-3#post-9547764

 

[attiland]

We' ve used TMP, Fritz Red, Reef Crystals, IO and RedcSea Coral Pro. Red Sea has had the most disgusting brown residue of any salt we've ever used. Had to use a scrub brush and rinse over a half dozen times to clean my salt barrel. Never again!!! TMP has definitely mixed the best so far. I have one "German" bucket left so not sure what the future holds for our tanks. All I know is I don't believe this "brown crud" is ok for your tank regardless of what anyone says.
bsa

I never had brown residue with Red Sea. I start to think that it is not actually the salt but the water or local conditions causing this when mixing.
Not long ago read a post from Aqua Forest that while in the lab it mixed fine for clients from the same batch it produces brown residue and yet they don’t know why.

 

[Dbichler]

I use Red Sea blue bucket then a bucket of io then blue bucket and repeat to keep the cost down. Blue bucket seems slightly better never used fritz. Wouldn’t hesitate to switch between any salt to be honest. My tank has very old live rock though and my parameters rarely change at all.

 

[bsagea]

I never had brown residue with Red Sea. I start to think that it is not actually the salt but the water or local conditions causing this when mixing.
Not long ago read a post from Aqua Forest that while in the lab it mixed fine for clients from the same batch it produces brown residue and yet they don’t know why.

lnteresting regarding the water source. Tropic Marin Pro Reef mixes clear as can be but is not very cost effective or easy to come by sometimes these days. The buckets I've used have all been when it was made in Germany. I've heard some residue from the buckets coming from Turkey now. Trying Fritz Blue at the moment with the batch I'm mixing. I can't stand the thought of putting the saltwater into my tanks when my salt barrel looks so gross after mixing regardless if it's harmless or not.