Is Prime supposed to stink? Can it go bad?

[Pretender]

I've only used Tetra Aqua-safe before now, but a coworker gave me a stack of aquarium stuff she doesn't use anymore and it included an unopened bottle of Prime of unknown vintage. (She switched her aquaria to well water, so didn't need the treatment any more.)

Anyway, this stuff reeks! Just wondering if this is normal and if it can go bad. Of course, it's more powerful than Aqua-Safe and Amquel+ - IIRC, you use about 1/5 of it to treat the same amount of water, so I may expect it to have a more potent smell.

 

[raymond_h2002]

It has an indefinite shelf life, stinks of sulfur, and has little black specks in it. It's fine!

www.seachem.com and search for the faq on prime if you want confirmation.

 

[YoFishboy]

Yup - it stinks - but a little goes a long way and it works very well - hehe, I guess that's a fair trade for its odoriferous nature.....

 

[Pretender]

www.seachem.com and search for the faq on prime if you want confirmation.

Duh. I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that. It was the first question under the Prime FAQ's, so they must get asked it a lot.

Maybe I just didn't think they'd have an FAQ on "does your product stink to high heaven?"

 

[nursie]

Smells like rancid soy sauce...whooo boy!! You aren't the first person who has asked.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

If you think Prime stinks you should try Marineland's Bio-Safe. Smells like methane gas....much more pungent than sulfer.

 

[cyberbeer65]

I use it and I love it.And yes it stinks :dog: