Has my DT's gone bad?
 

I just ordered some DT's Live Phyto. The package spent a little too long in transit. It was packed up around 3pm on a Friday with 2 ice packs on one side of it (they were wrapped around some frozen mysis) with packing peanuts in a regular cardboard box, and it was unpacked and refridgerated around 11 am on a Monday with the box dripping. The mysis is fine. I opened the DT's and smelled it, and it smells like a really rank fart. Is that normal? I remember smelling it once a long time ago, and it really stunk so I never smelled it again, but that was so long ago that I don't remember exactly what it stunk like. I know it's supposed to smell like "low tide", but I don't live near the coast... :D Does that smell like a rank fart? LOL!! Please describe the nasty smell of DT's for me!

go read the info on the dt's site, they have some stuff on thier about the smell

it does smell like a rank fart, i think you should be fine. :razz:

Err ... I'm not so sure.

It's a bit like milk ... if you can smell it, you probably don't want to drink it.

I haven't used DT's in a while, but I do remember giving it a sniff test once in a while. It definitely smells bad once it's gone bad. When it wasn't bad, well, it didn't smell like roses, but, umm ... well, "rank fart" is not what I would use to describe it at that point. :lol:

Hate to say it but I think it might be toast .... sorry!

Every bottle I ever bought smells like stank!:mrgreen:

I couldn't find anything on the website about the smell...?

So what's the final vote? 2 say it's good, 1 says it's gone bad? When it's gone bad what does it smell like? Maybe I should leave some out on the counter for a few days and give it a sniff to compare...?? Yuck...I don't really want to do that.

When it has gone bad the smell will make you wanna puke. It really is gaging when gone bad.

Scott

If in doubt, throw it out.

Ya I know I probably should, but it's a pain in the butt for me to order! :(

i have some fresh dts and they dont smell bad at all....
try subculturing it.... into a new jar.

fresh seawater to 1.020 into a pop bottle put a few caps full of the DT into it and put it under a bright light at about 26 degrees C. with an air stone bubbling in it

in a few days it should turn bright green if theres any live phytoplankton in it

i put a tinny bit (like a toothpick scoop per liter) of water soluble general purpouse plant fertilizer in the watter.

once it turns bright green you can store it in a fridge for a few weeks

you can always check if there alive under a microscope you can see them budding and reproducing.

:)