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Filip, Dan, Paul, and Rick,
I sent Seachem an email this morning (Sunday) and they responded this afternoon (WOW). Here's their response:
"Thank you for your email. There are no by products to the product itself. That being said, Pristine is a bacterial additive and will take solid organic waste and convert it to dissolved organics that can be either a) removed from your system through chemical filtration or b) removed from your system via aerobic and anaerobic bacterial means."
This is really good news, no by-products to be concerned about. Besides a) and b) above, there are two additional methods to remove dissolved organics: Purigen (absorbs organic compounds), and water exchange (since they are dissolved). Depending on how efficient Pristine is at converting solid organic waste into dissolved organics, this offers the potential to revolutionize discus husbandry. Purigen and Pristine together (when used properly along with water exchange) has the potential to ELIMINATE algae, nitrate, and drastically reduce organic material in substrate and the water column. Imagine having a show tank without algae or slime buildup where the feces and uneaten food were removed automatically by a drip water exchange system. This could potentially allow the use of gravel substrate, and at the same time, resulting in extremely healthy water conditions.
I've been using Purigen (in a reactor) for about three years now, and I can state unequivocally that Purigen is EXTREMELY effective at absorbing dissolved organic material. If Pristine turns out to be a product as good as Purigen, then perhaps tank maintenance could be reduced dramatically, and at the same time result in extremely healthy water (maybe even better than 100% daily exchange). Perhaps it might even be possible to accomplish this with less water exchange as well.
Something to think about. What are your thoughts?
Paul