Diatom
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- Nov 21, 2020
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- Misty Blue
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Um... not together, of course; nor sequentially without a thorough no-additive "rinse".
These things fall into five classes: antimicrobials, enzymatic/bacterial additives, perfumes, sulfide scavengers (oxidizers) and alternative oxygen sources. None among them may be admixed with bleach, even in dilute form. The first two are antagonistic to each other; the oxidizers are reactive chemicals. Those enraptured by the bouquet of minty poo may I suppose be satisfied with perfumes, but opening a window is cheaper. I have no doubt that the latter two classes work, to the extent that odors are sulfides. Not inclined to recommend a product but in my opinion sodium percarbonate is so hazardous as to preclude amateur storage/use on board (notwithstanding its professional popularity). One can see many a municipal utility deploying the relatively innocuous calcium nitrate type (gives bugs an alternative oxygen source to sulfate thus shutting down sulfate reduction to sulfide) with satisfaction; I find that persuasive, with the caveat that the effect is preventive, not an instant remedy for episodic pungency.
Finally, the antimicrobial type are invariably based on quaternary ammonium salts of high aquatic toxicity - not appropriate for those using their macerator, and in any case one wonders whether shutting down biodegradation is wise.
/tmm
These things fall into five classes: antimicrobials, enzymatic/bacterial additives, perfumes, sulfide scavengers (oxidizers) and alternative oxygen sources. None among them may be admixed with bleach, even in dilute form. The first two are antagonistic to each other; the oxidizers are reactive chemicals. Those enraptured by the bouquet of minty poo may I suppose be satisfied with perfumes, but opening a window is cheaper. I have no doubt that the latter two classes work, to the extent that odors are sulfides. Not inclined to recommend a product but in my opinion sodium percarbonate is so hazardous as to preclude amateur storage/use on board (notwithstanding its professional popularity). One can see many a municipal utility deploying the relatively innocuous calcium nitrate type (gives bugs an alternative oxygen source to sulfate thus shutting down sulfate reduction to sulfide) with satisfaction; I find that persuasive, with the caveat that the effect is preventive, not an instant remedy for episodic pungency.
Finally, the antimicrobial type are invariably based on quaternary ammonium salts of high aquatic toxicity - not appropriate for those using their macerator, and in any case one wonders whether shutting down biodegradation is wise.
/tmm