Kill bugs with UV light.

[Skeen]

My res is carved out of quartz because quarts allows the UV light into the res to kill bacteria.

I thought it looked remarkably like plastic in this pic from another thread:

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5619/96457798mg9.jpg

In any case, good show bonding those sheets of quartz.

I also use a drop of ethidium bromide a potent cytotoxic chemical that binds to DNA and NEVER lets go (ie all life on earth has DNA) and the bonus is it becomes flourscent under UV lights! .

I thought this was used as a microscope stain to detect nucleic acids. I heard its certainly carcenogenic but I didn't know it would kill microbes and whatnot. Certainly an exotic solution.

Soon we will apply radio acitve isotopes to track and kill the bacteria that grow in water cooling loops.

Your dedication and budget is astounding.

 

[jrafael]

All you need to keep your system "bug's" free, it's 20 drops of iodine (must be alcohol free) + 20 drops of aquarium algaecide (copper sulfate) per gallon of distilled water if you want you can also add 80ml of water wetter for a 2% concentration to break water's laminar resistance, lubricate pump, etc.

edit: hey don't share my "secret juice" formula.

 

[Brolloks]

All you need to keep your system "bug's" free, it's 20 drops of iodine (must be alcohol free) + 20 drops of aquarium algaecide (copper sulfate) per gallon of distilled water if you want you can also add 80ml of water wetter for a 2% concentration to break water's laminar resistance, lubricate pump, etc.

edit: hey don't share my "secret juice" formula.

Already made labels for your secret recipe and selling it on e-bay...just kidding

 

[Mycobacteria]

I thought it looked remarkably like plastic in this pic from another thread:

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5619/96457798mg9.jpg

In any case, good show bonding those sheets of quartz.

Yes as you can see from the pic the blue lights are the UV lights that I use! The bond is created with a specal UV permeable glue!

I thought this was used as a microscope stain to detect nucleic acids. I heard its certainly carcenogenic but I didn't know it would kill microbes and whatnot. Certainly an exotic solution.

You are confused 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) with Ethidium Bromide. Ethidium bromide does not kill instintaly but due to its cytotoxic nature and its interference with DNA synthesis the bacteria wont be havin kids anytime soon so growth is stoped. DAPI is the nuclear stain commonly used for nuclear morphology (detection of down syndrome and chromosome counting etc etc) used with microscopes. see link below

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAPI

Ethidium bromide is more comonly used in gel electrophoresis etc etc.

Your dedication and budget is astounding.

Well I have spent a lot on my dual loop water cooling monster so really the chemials and UV lights are a drop in the ocean.

 

[Mycobacteria]

I thought it looked remarkably like plastic in this pic from another thread:

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5619/96457798mg9.jpg

In any case, good show bonding those sheets of quartz.

Yes as you can see from the pic the blue lights are the UV lights that I use! The bond is created with a specal UV permeable glue!

[/QUOTE]I thought this was used as a microscope stain to detect nucleic acids. I heard its certainly carcenogenic but I didn't know it would kill microbes and whatnot. Certainly an exotic solution.[/QUOTE]

You are confused 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) with Ethidium Bromide. Ethidium bromide does not kill instintaly but due to its cytotoxic nature and its interference with DNA synthesis the bacteria wont be havin kids anytime soon so growth is stoped. DAPI is the nuclear stain commonly used for nuclear morphology (detection of down syndrome and chromosome counting etc etc) used with microscopes. see link below

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAPI

Ethidium bromide is more comonly used in gel electrophoresis etc etc.

[/QUOTE]Your dedication and budget is astounding.


[/QUOTE]

Well I have spent a lot on my dual loop water cooling monster so really the chemials and UV lights are a drop in the ocean.

 

[eternaljammer]

Already made labels for your secret recipe and selling it on e-bay...just kidding

Me too.