Perhaps you should go back & re-read my initial comments in this discussion, Mshill.
If your tank has a horrible rotten fish smell then I would suggest that you take a closer look at your bio load, your water change schedule, and your DIY bio filtration.
I am simply attempting to point out that your set up is where most the problem lays, not in the food that you are feeding. This would be the same advice that I would give regardless of the brand/formula or type of food that you are using.
Just a few short weeks ago you stated that your water tested positive for nitrites, which tells me that your set up has not fully matured. To add to that problem you have been cleaning some of your filter media in tap water, which of course destroys most if not all of the bio bacteria on that media. This too may be affecting your overall bio filtration. If the bio bacteria isn't functioning at full capacity, or isn't sufficient for the bio load in your set up, then organics will build up & will begin to stink, especially in an open rubbermaid stock tank that's sitting on the floor in your home.
The reality is that over time that entire room will begin to smell like ass, no matter what food that you feed.
The solution, build a more efficient filtration system, clean it more often, perform water changes twice weekly, cut back on the bio load, or move the pond outside.
Yet instead of taking some responsibility for what is going on in your set up you want to blame the food? Okay, so feed something else.
How in the hell does that equate to me
spewing NLS preacher crap, or being a jerk, or a troll? What planet do you live on?
IMO I have offered the OP more CONSTRUCTIVE criticism than most people that have posted.
I'm also clearly not pushing anything down anyone's throat, and quite frankly I've suggested I believe three times now that if he's not happy with NLS, he should switch foods!
I also recommended that he run carbon in his system,
MONTHS ago when he was complaining about odor issues. Had you actually taken the time to read some of his past threads you would have known that.
This isn't a food debate, and I don't care what you feed, or what the OP feeds.
I have also never once stated that it isn't possible for a food manufacturer to have a bad batch of food.
I am saying is that in
this instance, it is not a case of a "bad batch", as there haven't been any "bad batches" of food that have been circulated since Pablo began making his own food a couple yrs back. Not so much as a single container. New Life ships world-wide, tons & tons of food to all points on the globe, and IF there were any "bad batches" out there, you would be hearing more than a couple of random comments on MFK about a Fahaka farting, or some kid with a rubbermaid pond & DIY sump complaining about odors.
This would have caused a
MAJOR sheet storm, as it would with any pet food manufacturer! Do you have any idea how much of a fiasco a bad batch of food would result in? Obviously not. We are talking recalls of major proportions, which would have involved my company directly.
And this is not just one batch we are talking about here with the OP, but
two batches, of two completely
different formulas, as the OP has complained about the same thing from both his 10mm pellets, as well as his 3mm pellets. So no, it is
NOT possible that he has a bad batch, or batches. End of story.
I'm old enough to remember when feeding commercial dried ant eggs was considered "good stuff", and for the past 40 yrs or more the major gripe about pet foods (fish, dog, cat, etc) was the massive amounts of cheap grain/starch fillers that were used by manufacturers. That complaint is still heard today from one forum to the next, yet when a manufacturer that actually does know what he's doing, and actually is willing to put his money where his mouth is comes along, and uses only the bare minimum of starch/grain (as a binding agent) which ultimately equates to MORE of the "good stuff", people are now going to complain about the food being more potent, and having a stronger smell?
Using less starch, and more marine protein & lipids, means that the food is going to smell stronger, and may even cause a bit more powder residue at times as less binders are being used. It also means that this same potent food is going to be much higher in digestibility, which means that one can feed a lot less compared to other foods.
For most hobbyists this is good news!
For those that consider it a negative, there are plenty of foods out there that have wheat, soybean meal, and corn as the main ingredients.
Cheers!
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