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I've yet to find a salt that shows exactly what the printed label says. I've switched from TMPR to Red Sea Blue and now Fritz. The mag on my box is 1450. Little higher but coming from a bucket that gave me 1200 mag., I save on mag supplements. Plus, I'm running high nutrients now. Po4 - .150ppm NO3 at 8-10ppm
I emailed them to see what they'd do. I'm honestly starting to look at aquavitro salinity and just adding some HCl and degassing to lower the alk.I'd exchange it for a new box.. i won't tolerate that anymore. Happened to me with TMPR, then got 1200 with red sea blue bucket. But my box of Fritz is giving me 1385 consistently.
Was your box of fritz the individual packages or the whole bag box?I emailed them to see what they'd do. I'm honestly starting to look at aquavitro salinity and just adding some HCl and degassing to lower the alk.
Whole bag it seems.Was your box of fritz the individual packages or the whole bag box?
I would hold out for a response. I to have the whole bag because my lfs was selling this box for $45. For me that's a great value. However, the new boxes were split into individual pouches to reduce element separation. So, hopefully Fritz can explain that to you and send you a new box. For $45-60 a box I wouldn't give up on it yet. Now, if it's $100 a box, is it worth the price for inconsistent numbers? I think not. Though thats not in reference to aqua vitroWhole bag it seems.
Hrm, I'm seeing a trend here. What did you switch to Dennis?No one every got back to me on my bad batch.
I even had my LFS mix some up and test at his shop and he got 1700 Mg as well.
He reported it to them and also never heard back.
Yep, i posted back in this thread (i think) a few weeks ago. Several of my local reefers had the same problem.Hrm, I'm seeing a trend here. What did you switch to Dennis?
Yep, i posted back in this thread (i think) a few weeks ago. Several of my local reefers had the same problem.
Fritz was in on the conversation, too. Some people were able to post batch #'s. Didn't seem to matter though. Their own test results differed.
I always seem to go back to Salinity. It's the higher end in price, but in 5+ years of using it I never had a problem.
But right now I'm using a bucket of Red Sea... the blue bucket, not the Pro. I just want NSW parameters, nothing elevated. My mag in my tank is stuck at 1600-1650 ppm.
The red sea is cheaper (same reason i tried Fritz) than Salinity so figured I'd give it a shot.
Yep, i posted back in this thread (i think) a few weeks ago. Several of my local reefers had the same problem.
Fritz was in on the conversation, too. Some people were able to post batch #'s. Didn't seem to matter though. Their own test results differed.
I always seem to go back to Salinity. It's the higher end in price, but in 5+ years of using it I never had a problem.
But right now I'm using a bucket of Red Sea... the blue bucket, not the Pro. I just want NSW parameters, nothing elevated. My mag in my tank is stuck at 1600-1650 ppm.
The red sea is cheaper (same reason i tried Fritz) than Salinity so figured I'd give it a shot.
Yeah, its not a big diff. My LFS didn't have retail buckets, they had commercial bags so it was a little cheaper.I just noticed the red sea is $74 for a 175gal bucket at BRS. I think my lfs sells the 225gal salinity bucket for like 90-100... seems like it's about even.
Yea, doesn't look like this is going anywhere. Guess I'll go with salinity from now on.That is concerning about Fritz customer service. I'll keep that in consideration. Sorry you guys are dealing with this.
Used the "Salinity" for over a year.I emailed them to see what they'd do. I'm honestly starting to look at aquavitro salinity and just adding some HCl and degassing to lower the alk.
d2mini,No one every got back to me on my bad batch.
I even had my LFS mix some up and test at his shop and he got 1700 Mg as well.
He reported it to them and also never heard back.
Yes, 1700 ppm. They responded, but nothing came of it. I even went as far as to drop off a dry sample of the salt and a sample of my RO/DI water at my LFS who has a really good relationship with them.d2mini,
You got a box that's mixing to 1700 mag?
And Fritz wont respond?