FishyJames Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I recall Cory being disappointed with the "new" tabs, what is different from the old tabs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 The new tabs fall apart easier and are a lot messier. See this thread: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenP2003 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 34 minutes ago, Jungle Fan said: The new tabs fall apart easier and are a lot messier. See this thread: Actually if you look at my videos, it shows that the new formula has been improved and seems to be in fact better than the original in terms of how long it stays together in the water. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I looked at the videos but in my tank I had the same experience as Cory, it was messier and fell apart sooner and my fish didn't seem to like it as well. I've got a can just sitting here now and am using Repashy instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenP2003 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Jungle Fan said: I looked at the videos but in my tank I had the same experience as Cory, it was messier and fell apart sooner and my fish didn't seem to like it as well. I've got a can just sitting here now and am using Repashy instead. How old is the can you have? Because I'm thinking there was actually a recent reformulation of the new one, so a newer new one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I received the can about 2 months ago, but maybe I need to check, could be the store had old stock but the way it was just crumbling apart I'd prefer feeding Easy Fry. The Repashy Igapo Explorer has worked really well for my fish, shrimp, and snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenP2003 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Yeah there seems to be mixed stock. I ordered a can of them on Amazon and got the original formula, and the blister packs and got the new formula. I ordered another can from the same Amazon listing a month later and got the new formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I have "the new" version and they are as good as "the old". Unless my new version was actually the old version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted March 22, 2021 Administrators Share Posted March 22, 2021 We tested the "new version" straight from the sales rep, flown to us. Was still just as bad as the other version. I believe they may have control issues, if some people are getting "good ones". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenP2003 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, Cory said: We tested the "new version" straight from the sales rep, flown to us. Was still just as bad as the other version. I believe they may have control issues, if some people are getting "good ones". Ugh, that's unfortunate. Did the sales rep say whether or not sera had made any tweaks to the formula again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Forgot to mention that it definitely was not the old original, because it looked, and crumbled exactly as the new ones in Cory's video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted March 22, 2021 Administrators Share Posted March 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, StephenP2003 said: Ugh, that's unfortunate. Did the sales rep say whether or not sera had made any tweaks to the formula again? If I'm being honest, they said, the stock that was in the USA, during my original testing was old and thats why it failed. So he brought us fresh stock to test. It performed the same. We expressed my concerns that selling old stock and raising the prices aren't going to win people over. From my point of view, it looks like we lost another company to petco/amazon. Sell lots, loose the feedback loop, watch the quality decline over time. It happens a lot in our industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMongler Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I have some of the 'newer' ones that come in the foil packs after seeing the co-op video about the older versions. They do seem to be super messy, but my cherry shrimp really like it, and my white cloud mountain minnows go kinda wild for the bits of the tab the shrimp throw into the water column. The big problem comes from the hillstream loaches going up and using its face to shove the tab from the side glass into the gravel. Then, it's pretty much only snails and shrimp that get to eat any of it before it breaks apart into the substrate. I never got to try the old formulation, so I don't know if the loaches did the same with the old style. I'm probably gonna burn through the product I have now but not bother replacing it when I run out. With WCMM, I never got the swarm of fish right up front like you see more often with live bearers or tetras with the tabs. I have plenty of other good foods that everyone in my tank likes (repashy, xtreme, bug bites, hikari etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Sounds like I got lucky and got a bottle of the old version, which is most likely my last bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenP2003 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 So this might explain why the original formula seemed to fall apart more quickly, if old stock is less durable. The original formula I got in December surely was old given how long ago they changed the formula. I'm having good luck with the nature tabs, but it sounds it's just a matter of time before I get a bad batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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