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Yes this is a product that I designed (and have refined over time) over
15 years ago. I do not show all ingredients as I do want it to be too
easy to copy. I have had excellent results not only because of less
visits, but more importantly, more steady medicine levels.
Carl


I'm sure you mean "You do *not* want it to be too easy to copy. Can you
sell a product with no ingredients labelling? I understand that products
for fish don't require too much scrutiny or even testing (at least in
North America), but some ingredients and binders must be declared.
California is quite particular about malachite green, and I'd expect
antibiotics to require some regulation and identification.

It's an interesting conundrum, where you can't reveal details without
risking trade infringement, but need the details to sell the product. I
don't envy your situation. Credibility cannot be established through the
normal means of existing scientific data on the individual ingredients.
A possible scenario is to publish the active ingredients and kept
proprietary items such as the binders and the process a secret.
Alternately some type of a controlled test program documenting the
results with & without, but this requires scientific rigour, expertise
and expense.

A suggestion - since the time release component is still a compelling
feature, perhaps you should invent a 'fertilizing wonder shell'. Time
release fertilization would be a great feature (no more PMDD), and since
it's not involved in the health of fish, and would contain no potentially
harmful ingredients, the product would face far less public scrutiny and
there should be less issues with labelling, cross-state transport, export
documents etc. From a legislative perspective, it's fertilizer (poop
;~), from an aquarist's perspective, it could be a precise mix of
various macro and trace elements time-released with a binder which
buffers the water's carbonates.
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