Seachem's responce about UV-C and their products

[wheelsdeal]

Ok so i had this question for some time about how and if a UV clarifier can affect bacteria added to the water,liquid fertilizers and general fluids we add to our aquarium.Since i use Seachem products i send them an email about it.Here is what i asked them and their responce

Question:
Hello.My name is George from Greece.I've been using Seachem products for a while such us Flourish,Iron,Pottasium,Excel for my plants,Prime,Stability and also Discus Trace and Stressguard for my fish.I would like to know if those products are affected by the use of a UV clarifier and if so which one of them if not all.Thank you in advance.

Responce:
Hello George,
Thank you so much for using Seachem products, and also for your question regarding their use. The only products that could be adversely affected by a UV sterilizer are Stability and Flourish Excel. The UV can potentially kill off the bacteria contained in Stability and can also break down the active ingredient in Excel. Therefore, we typically recommend turning off the UV while dosing these two products. All of the other products that you are using will be unaffected by UV sterilization. Again, thank you for your question, and please let us know if we can help you further!
Seachem Support 10208

I though that was some usefull information for people using UV-C and wanted to share it with you.

 

[Doodles]

Thanks for sharing
Nice to know most things wouldn't be affected.

 

[FF MkII]

Did you get any freebies?

 

[dconnors]

That's good to know, especially since I use their products and also a uv clarifier on my 180 gal. Thanks a bunch for sharing that info.

 

[Rabbit]

Cheers for the info!

 

[wheelsdeal]

Indeed it was helpfull at least for me cause there are a lot of misleading information around the net.For instance i heard from a lot of ppl that it cant harm the added bacteria cause once we add them to the water they get sucked from the filter and stay there and since the uv-c is installed to the pressure side it cant harm them simply cause they dont go through it but apparently thats not the case.Also the lfs that i usually buy fertilizers also has the idea that the uv-c breaks them all down and it should not be used with.

ps.FF MkII what do you mean ''freebies''?

 

[FF MkII]

Free samples?

 

[wheelsdeal]

Free samples?

Nope i wish i had though:yes:

 

[Doodles]

Seachem are a good company, personally I rate them as highly as some do eheim

 

[Rabbit]

Seachem are a good company, personally I rate them as highly as some do FLUVAL

:yes: :goodpost: