The market for reef aquarium salt has exploded in recent years with more new brands throwing their hat into the ring than ever before. It is not unusual for these companies to offer two or sometimes even three types of salt in an effort to edged out competition, but this is kind of odd to us as a trained marine scientist.
One of the first thing we were taught about marine seawater chemistry is how homogenous it is in the oceans of the world, never really changing in proportion and only slightly in salinity. This tenant is in opposition to ‘enriched’ aquarium sea salts which offer boosted levels of calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, extra trace elements or spiked with pro-biotics in an effort to edge out competitors products, but not actually giving consumers more value or better salt.
这是弗里茨的盐混合哲学开始与我们的海洋生物学基础共鸣的地方,因为它们只制作和出售一种混合物,礁石专业人士,也称为Fritz RPM。弗里茨没有提供令人困惑的盐混合物,而是制成一种盐,而是与天然海水的比例相同,如果您想要更高的矿物质水平,那么您所要做的就是将其混合到更高的盐度中。
By making just one salt mix Fritz is not only able to keep stricter quality controls, but they can also make it really affordable. We are often asked what is our favorite salt, or what salt mix we use, and the cheeky answer is often ‘free salt’. But in all seriousness, we really gravitate towards the salt that are clean, mixing up quickly and clear, and also without breaking the bank.
These guidelines disqualify just a few brands, but it still leaves us with quite a lot of selection at any decent reef aquarium store. However wehad几周前,我们看到200加仑的盒子的成本明显低于许多领先品牌的成本要低得多。最近,我们与Fritz Aquatics的Shawn Hale在MacNA 2016上讨论了Fritz RPM背后的哲学,以及他们的一些免费水族馆产品,我们认为您会看到只提供一种海盐配方奶粉的逻辑和推理。