Originally Posted By: teehjaeh57
Hmmm...I figured the optimal sacks were waterproof, they are plastic after all. Lesson learned for me based on your experience. I can state I left a bucket of OBG overnight on the dock and of course experienced a rain event. Feed got soaked. Whenever that happened with Aquamax I'd toss it out as it would quickly develop mold. To my amazement the OBG almost entirely dried and only 5% or so developed mold at the very bottom of the bucket. When I spoke with Dustin at Optimal he let me know they apply a mold retardant agent and that was likely the reasoning behind my experience. Just another reason I've switched over.

Optimal folks are solid, I'd give them a holler, explain your situation, they may be willing to help you. If not, consider opening the bags and allowing the feed to dry out. It sure worked for me.


Good idea, I'll do that. Didn't realize they had mold retardant in the feed, otherwise the situation would be much worse.

By the way, I think I've figured out why the BG feed sacks have issues but the LMB sacks seem fine: Geometry. As in, much larger pellets necessarily have much larger air spaces between them. Thus, water that seeps in LMB sacks evaporates rapidly and is gone before doing harm.

Last edited by anthropic; 05/24/18 02:27 PM.
7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160