Bacterial growth in 5amino vials? Pics included

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50mg 5am kits showed up yesterday. Some vials have what looks like mycelium growing in them.

Anyone seen this before?

Per the vendor it’s “freeze dried air bubbles”
 
I would probably have written it off as freeze dried air bubbles until I saw top right of IMG_5046. Looks like mycelium from when I may or may not have grown mushrooms back in the day.

Long way of saying, I would wait for someone who may have more knowledge to chime in, before use.
 
gusterbuster said:


I would probably have written it off as freeze dried air bubbles until I saw top right of IMG_5046. Looks like mycelium from when I may or may not have grown mushrooms back in the day.

Long way of saying, I would wait for someone who may have more knowledge to chime in, before use.

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I may or may not have the same eye for mycelium growth as you do….. that’s why it caught my eye.

I’m going to leave at room temp and take daily pics to see if it grows.

I will also recon and see if it still has vacuum and also see if the “mycelium” disappears or floats.

Very disappointed in the vendors response. I get this is the grey market but shit, stand by your product.
 
gusterbuster said:


I would probably have written it off as freeze dried air bubbles until I saw top right of IMG_5046. Looks like mycelium from when I may or may not have grown mushrooms back in the day.

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At first glance, I was going to say the same. Once I looked closer, it is definitely not mycelium ( agree it is possible air bubbles)

5AM vials can vary wildly in the way they look. The color tends to make minor issues look major.

I thought I saved a chart with images of lyophilized pucks in different states of the uglies, and their description. I am going to see if I can find it to post.
 
seymourkrelbourn said:


Very disappointed in the vendors response. I get this is the grey market but shit, stand by your product.

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Stand behind how? Unless/until you have test results proving (or more likely, disproving) your theory that thus far appears entirely based on visual appearance, you're jumping the gun asking them for anything. It's absurd to have to point this out so frequently, but buying drugs online is not like shopping at Amazon or Walgreens.
 
When I asked them if I got it tested and it came back with positive endos if they would replace it.

There response was that “Our after-sales service is also mainly aimed at insufficient dosage or impure purity.”
 
seymourkrelbourn said:


50mg 5am kits showed up yesterday. Some vials have what looks like mycelium growing in them.

Anyone seen this before?

Per the vendor it’s “freeze dried air bubbles”

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It's not mycelium, it's freeze dried air bubbles and something to do with the salts. I swear this exact topic was floating around one of my telegram groups a few weeks ago but I can't find it. Reconstitute one, I bet it will be that crystal clear dark orange color that it always is. Mycelium or mold would definitely not dissolve, so you would know it's not that. Bacterial overgrowth to that degree would also not dissolve. I would just be sure to filter, but I always filter everything anyway. I really don't think you have to worry about this one, personally!
 
peppystrings80 said:


It's not mycelium, it's freeze dried air bubbles and something to do with the salts. I swear this exact topic was floating around one of my telegram groups a few weeks ago but I can't find it. Reconstitute one, I bet it will be that crystal clear dark orange color that it always is. Mycelium or mold would definitely not dissolve, so you would know it's not that. Bacterial overgrowth to that degree would also not dissolve. I would just be sure to filter, but I always filter everything anyway. I really don't think you have to worry about this one, personally!

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Do you have a filter recommendation?

Is there a certain amount of waste when filtering ?

I’m only familiar with filtering gear into vials.
 
peppystrings80 said:


Mycelium or mold would definitely not dissolve

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absolutely agree. In liquid culture could see it easily, but may be super hard with deep red of 5AM1MQ.
 
seymourkrelbourn said:


Do you have a filter recommendation?

Is there a certain amount of waste when filtering ?

I’m only familiar with filtering gear into vials.

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I recommend buying some from peptide test! They sell 10 packs of different sizes to try. For peptides, PES membrane filter is the type you want, because the filter material won't react with your peptides. Peptide test sells sterile filters with the right pore size, and you can try either 13 mm or 4 mm size. You will lose a tiny bit of the compound, but I've never had any different feel from tirz after filtering in this way. And I never have any itching or ISR since I started just filtering everything no matter what. I like to filter right into a pen cartridge, just seems so neat and tidy that way.
 
seymourkrelbourn said:


Do you have a filter recommendation?

Is there a certain amount of waste when filtering ?

I’m only familiar with filtering gear into vials.

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I’m a fan of the Biologix 13mm PES .22micron filters, about $50 for 100, available on their website. There is a little waste when filtering, but you can either air flush, or hold back some BAC (like 0.5mL, subtract it from your recon BAC amount) and flush it with the reserve BAC.
 
HouseCat said:


I’m a fan of the Biologix 13mm PES .22micron filters, about $50 for 100, available on their website. There is a little waste when filtering, but you can either air flush, or hold back some BAC (like 0.5mL, subtract it from your recon BAC amount) and flush it with the reserve BAC.

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Yes these are great! I bought a box of then after buying a couple of 10 packs to try from peptide test. I wanted to try some 4 mm as well, which I do like for small volumes.
 
Howdy Red Pep users, here is a link of why 5amino-1mq has color differences and how the red comes about.



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5-amino is a small molecule and not a peptide. The variation in vial appearance is all over the map. It just doesn't look like a uniform cake from many vendors. Like other have said, recon and filter, and then verify clarity at that point.
 
gusterbuster said:


absolutely agree. In liquid culture could see it easily, but may be super hard with deep red of 5AM1MQ.

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so maybe overdilute a vial by a good amount?
 
seymourkrelbourn said:


50mg 5am kits showed up yesterday. Some vials have what looks like mycelium growing in them.

Anyone seen this before?

Per the vendor it’s “freeze dried air bubbles”

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I would choose the vials on the right side in the second to last pic. The rest look like they didn't dry enough when they were Lyophilized? Someone else posted similar looking vials a few days ago
 
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