Is Septi-Cleaner affected by toilet cleaners?

When using a product like Septi-Cleaner, a product that uses bacteria to assist in digesting septic waste, can you use a cleaning  product that advertises that it cleans and sterilizes up to 99% of active bacteria?

In reality, it depends.

If you are utilizing the cleaner on surfaces in the kitchen, then there is no contact between the cleaner and the bacteria in the septic tank.  This means that it has no effect on Septi-Cleaner when used in this fashion.

If you are utilizing bleach or other sterilizing agents in such a manner that a large volume of a large percentage of the sterilizing agent is presented to the septic tank, then it may have a direct effect upon the bacteria located there.

Now, to clarify, if you are using a mixture of bleach and water where it is a 10% solution within a two gallon mix and you pour it down the drain, then the expectations would be that this mix would have little to no effect on the septic system, depending on the drains distance from the septic tank.

However, if you should dump a gallon of undiluted bleach directly into a drain that is near the septic tank, then the expectations would be that a large population of the bacteria could perish.

All in all, normal use of household cleaners would have little effect on the bacteria in the septic tank.

So, feel free to utilize both products as labeled and both products will perform up to expectations without any effect on the other.  Contact Sanco for more information about our septic maintenance products.