Liquid Coral Food left out of Fridge

[Reef GE]

I left Red Sea A and B bottles out of the fridge overnight (in the car in August....80 degrees). Are the contents ruined? Both bottles were 75% full. I was transporting new corals from a friend and forgot about the food he gave me.

Please tell me there's hope to keep using this!

Micah

 

[ichthyogeek]

What do they smell like? Do they smell the same as they did before? Or are they incredibly fishy/potent/unappealing, moreso than before?

I worry about the heat distorting the protein "flocks" in the A bottle, and potentially screwing with the vitamins in the B bottle. Even though the ambient temp was 80 F, the car probably got to around 100+ in internal temperature. I'm also concerned about bacterial growth in the bottles, with bacteria taking advantage of the "delicious" contents of both bottles, hence the question about the smell test.

 

[Eggs]

When I first started using this I didn’t realize it needed refrigerated and I left at room temperature for many days, 72 degrees.
I still used all of it and had no detrimental effects, and and seemed to still work as it should. Noticed no bad smell.

 

[KrisReef]

Based upon @Eggs experience I think that there are probably some stabilizers and antibiotic parameters (thinking pH) that help keep these products safe from "normal" use. I agree that if they have swelled up and stink bad you probably ruined them, but I doubt it.