Switched to Fritz RPM salt

GoVols · Mar 16, 2017

yellojello said:
Yup, same here, mixed clear in 20 minutes. But overnight with no pump, got cloudy. If it's sitting, it's kind of clear, but white stuff at bottom and floating, so once you start mixing again, cloudy.

I wonder if I mixed longer like 24 hours and then turn off, it will happen? I would hate to have to keep power on 24/7 for stored saltwater.

Never happened to me with 7 years of IO.

Good to Know!

That makes 2 with cloudy water after mixing and letting it stand.

I stored regular IO for years too and never had a problem either.

petemichelle · Apr 9, 2017

Rick.45cal said:
I've got a large supply of salt that I have to work through, but next time I order salt I think I am going to give y'all a try. Congratulations on the new family member!

have you given fritz salt a try yet? results? been reading your comments in all the forums. really like and trust your opinion...

Brewman1987 · Apr 9, 2017

I'm almost finished with a box of fritz rpm, so far all my Parameters have been rock solid stable and on point with fresh mix. The following are what it's varied so far on new mix.

Dkh 7.8-8.1
Ca 440-455
Mg 1460-1475

wangspeed · Apr 9, 2017

GoVols said:
Good to Know!

That makes 2 with cloudy water after mixing and letting it stand.

I stored regular IO for years too and never had a problem either.

Are you heating it? Don't heat New salt water.

GoVols · Apr 9, 2017

wangspeed said:
Are you heating it? Don't heat New salt water.

I do not heat and I'm not the ones who reported having cloudy water.

I love the RPM. Did you read my post #51 and #70?

Rick.45cal · Apr 9, 2017

petemichelle said:
have you given fritz salt a try yet? results? been reading your comments in all the forums. really like and trust your opinion...

I haven't tried it yet, I'm on my last box of IO lol

GoVols · Apr 10, 2017

Rick.45cal said:
I haven't tried it yet, I'm on my last box of IO lol

Rick,
I loved the RPM. No complaint's here, but... (lol) I just went back to IO. Just can't beat the DF&S and Petsolutions prices. If I see decline I'll go back to the RPM but I highly doubt that I will and I bought 400g worth of IO.

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To anyone that cares...
"If you like the RPM #'s and you don't want to dose up to get them, then it's a Fantastic mix"

Yours Truly, GoVols

billwill · Apr 10, 2017

wangspeed said:
Are you heating it? Don't heat New salt water.[/

Seems pretty silly to do a 25% water change with 45 degree water don't you think? What do you base that statement on?

wangspeed · Apr 10, 2017

Why would you change 25% at a time? If that's the req, then no, it would not work. Heating NSW increases chance of precipitation. See Randy's big thread about it. I stopped heating and only mix for no more than an hour. Not Fritz, but I will likely make the change to it since the parameters look good out of the box.

Govols: I meant to reply to the folks that were having clouding issues.

GoVols · Apr 10, 2017

wangspeed said:
Why would you change 25% at a time? If that's the req, then no, it would not work. Heating NSW increases chance of precipitation. See Randy's big thread about it. I stopped heating and only mix for no more than an hour. Not Fritz, but I will likely make the change to it since the parameters look good out of the box.

Govols: I meant to reply to the folks that were having clouding issues.

No, Worries!

cpark645 · May 9, 2017

I just picked up a box of this salt and tested my first batch of water. Here are the parameters I got:

1.026 salinity
7 dKH (Hanna)
415ppm calcium (salifert)
1350ppm magnesium (salifert)

A little bit disappointed. I was expecting higher alk...

GoVols · May 9, 2017

cpark645 said:
A little bit disappointed. I was expecting higher alk...

That disappoints myself too.
I've only used one box and all parameters were spot on to Fritz's specs.

jenkinscrew2578 · May 9, 2017

Message them with the batch number on the box. They can look into it. So far all my boxes have been on point.

Sunshine22 · May 9, 2017

Fritz is great, I use it on my tank and I havent had to dose at all since I switched over, probably my favorite salt to date.

GoVols · May 9, 2017

Sunshine22 said:
Fritz is great, I use it on my tank and I havent had to dose at all since I switched over, probably my favorite salt to date.

I still had to dose but the RPM is a great mix.

Dragonreef202 · May 9, 2017

GoVols said:
Rick,
I loved the RPM. No complaint's here, but... (lol) I just went back to IO. Just can't beat the DF&S and Petsolutions prices. If I see decline I'll go back to the RPM but I highly doubt that I will and I bought 400g worth of IO.

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To anyone that cares...
"If you like the RPM #'s and you don't want to dose up to get them, then it's a Fantastic mix"

Yours Truly, GoVols

I do agree can't beat the prices df&s offer. I still my give it a try one day. I'm only keeping Zoas &palys so IO should be just fine for now

yellojello · May 9, 2017

cpark645 said:
I just picked up a box of this salt and tested my first batch of water. Here are the parameters I got:

1.026 salinity
7 dKH (Hanna)
415ppm calcium (salifert)
1350ppm magnesium (salifert)

A little bit disappointed. I was expecting higher alk...

How long after mixing did you test the water?

GoVols · May 9, 2017

Dat673 said:
I do agree can't beat the prices df&s offer. I still my give it a try one day. I'm only keeping Zoas &palys so IO should be just fine for now

If your good with the IO parameters then stick with it. Used it for most of my reefing life.
Salt is Salt.

cpark645 · May 10, 2017

I waited about 3-4 days actually. I unfortunately threw away the box so I can't give them the box number :/

d2mini · May 31, 2017

So what's the magic mix time on this salt?
I mix up to 50g of saltwater at a time and can't see into the containers to know if its cloudy or anything like that.
Don't want to over mix and cause precipitation.