Edgar Sandoval
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Anyone here using Fritz salt? If you are do you recommend it?
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Thanks for sharing man. I'll pick up a bucket this weekI just started trying since I won 3 buckets at the farmers market.
Mixed clear in 30 minutes. Turned off pump about 30 minutes later.Precipitated? (white dust settling and cloudy when mixing again). With Instant Ocean, one it mixed clear, it would stay clear even when storing without pump/powerhead on. A lot of times, I don't use the fresh mix right away. I'll try to keep a smaller powerhead on to see if it stays clear next time, but sucks if I need to do that to keep it clear. Or I just need to mix longer the first time.
Tested parameters two days later, which might have affected my readings compared to fresh batch testing. Also, I did scoop out about 2 gallons to replenish lost tank water after the swap, but I had it mixing for about 30 minutes before I removed water. That might affect the readings also.
18 gallon RODI
9 level cups of Salt (5 lb 7 oz weighed) Bucket Lot #28166
77F Room and Water temperature
Salinity 1.025
Alk 7.7-7.8 (Hanna Checker and Salifert)
Cal 425 (Salifert)
Mag 1350 (Salifert)
Potassium 430 (Salifert, first time using this test, not sure if accurate)
Strontium 10-16 (Salifert, first time using this test, not sure if accurate)
Iodide .01-.02 (Salifert, first time using this test, not sure if accurate)
Almost perfect parameters for me. I will probably mix to 1.0255 and try again for Alk of 8ish. I think 35 ppt (1.026) gets you to 8.5 alk. The Calcium of 440 and Mag of 1425 is a little high for me, so that's why I'm doing a little lower. Plus, I use a little less salt too.
This is from the Manufacturer (don't know why they put 1.025 as 35 ppt?)
Salinity 35 ppt (1.025 sg)
Calcium 440 ppm
Magnesium 1425 ppm
Alkalinity 8.5 dKH
Strontium 9 ppm
Potassium 400 ppm
FYI, this more likely than not is due to the fact that Instant Ocean has rather low values of Calcium/alkalinity IIRC (although their parameters can vary wildly from batch to batch) so there's not much to precipitate out.I just started trying since I won 3 buckets at the farmers market.
Mixed clear in 30 minutes. Turned off pump about 30 minutes later.Precipitated? (white dust settling and cloudy when mixing again). With Instant Ocean, one it mixed clear, it would stay clear even when storing without pump/powerhead on. A lot of times, I don't use the fresh mix right away. I'll try to keep a smaller powerhead on to see if it stays clear next time, but sucks if I need to do that to keep it clear. Or I just need to mix longer the first time.
Hmm I've been getting brown yellow ish craps on my rock and sands. Wonder if they are from Reef Crystal.
I believe that it is available at Neptune...Where can you buy this locally? Finishing my last bucket of Aquavitro.
I bought my box from premium aquatics but there is a certain bar member that purchased a full pallet of them and offered a couple boxes to me. I don't know if this was a personal offer though so I'll let them contact you.Where can you buy this locally? Finishing my last bucket of Aquavitro.
Neptune Aquatics has the 200gal boxes.Where can you buy this locally? Finishing my last bucket of Aquavitro.
Crystal clear does not mean fully dissolved or parameters stable. For example, Instant Ocean has a massive alkalinity spike that takes at least 4-6 hours to come down. As I mentioned in my post, Fritz salinity continues to rise for some hours after initially dissolving. I only made the mistake of using freshly mixed saltwater once, when I was a newbie.Crystal clear in 30 minutes, really makes you wonder if having "salt on demand" really is that useful anymore if in a half hour you can simply empty your 100g freshwater container (everyone has one right?) and have salt mixed up in no time.
That's not been my experience. Not that I have an alk monitor but I've tested freshly mixed SW (reef crystals) and not noticed the alk being higher than expected. I guess I'm not quite sure how or why that would happen.Crystal clear does not mean fully dissolved or parameters stable. For example, Instant Ocean has a massive alkalinity spike that takes at least 4-6 hours to come down. As I mentioned in my post, Fritz salinity continues to rise for some hours after initially dissolving. I only made the mistake of using freshly mixed saltwater once, when I was a newbie.