New Prime Smells Terrible

Riven, as I read along the thread, I began to wonder what size tank you have and how much Prime you usually use. You did say you did (or do?) a 50% water change. The amount of Prime you use may make a difference in the smell (that and how you store the bottle, as noted just above). I have a 6G and a 10G tanks. I prepare water head of time, storing it in 3L and one gallon plastic water bottles. I add the Prime as I'm filling up the bottles, cap the bottles and put them aside (like atop the refrigerator to warm up the water a bit). I use 6-9 drop per water bottle. Occasionally after I'm done with the water-bottling process, I can still smell the Prime, though the Prime bottle is capped and put away. At least it's not nearly as bad as cat poo smell ;) And for me the smell goes away after a short time. I don't think I've ever smelled it coming from either aquarium. I bought a new bottle back in January but have not needed to open it yet. Now I'm wondering if I should check it out.
 
lets think about it this way.. one capful of my bottle of prime is a dose for 50 gallons. it is roughly a 50 drop cap (yes, i got a dropper and tested it)

so anything more than a couple drops per gallon is more than enough.
 
I've been using Prime for YEARS and never experienced any over-powering odors that filled the room and made my tank water stink. I can smell a little sulfur odor from the bottle when I shake it and remove the lid for use, but that's it. The smell goes away in seconds after adding it to the water.

I have used "Marineland's Biosafe" before.
...it was by far the worst smelling water conditioner I've ever had the displeasure of using. The odor was 100X worse than Prime and smelled like a batch of rotten eggs that filled the entire house. I ended up throwing the bottle away and I've never used it again.
 
Madcrawdad said:
I concur....I currently use AquaSafe which smells a little like a wet baseball glove, but only when in the bottle. I was thinking of changing to Prime once the AquaSafe was gone as everyone always is raving how cost effective and wonderful Prime is.....unfortunately, its dog crap scent room odorizing capabilities are the clincher...I'll stick with the wet leather smelling AquaSafe. :)
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Well, use what you want, that's your prerogative. (Dancing to Bobby Brown in my living room):dance2:

But, although Prime usually smells like a nice healthy load of dog sh** in the bottle, I've never had it smell like this in my tank. :dog:
 
I liken the smell of prime to the breath of someone who spent the whole night drinking and then woke up and brushed with garlic paste.

:eek:
 
does your prime smell like a wettish fart in an enclosed shower cubical with hot steam everywhere and water? If not then there may be a problem with it.....
 
Very potent sulfur smell, its normal. My bottle smelled worse as time went on once it was open I believe.
 
Stability

I have used a product called 'Stability' and I highly recommend it. No smell whatsoever.
xo :)
 
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