Nitro-Clear -
Ammonia Nitrifiers
High Ammonia levels
In Water - Ponds, Aquaculture Facilities, Retention Ponds, Wastewater treatment
Ammonia in
Nature
In pristine natural
environments, free nitrogenous compounds such as ammonia, nitrite and nitrate
are extremely scarce, virtually all the available nitrogen is 'locked away' as
plant or animal protein.
But today, even
natural environments, such as lakes or rivers can be affected by high levels of
ammonia, nitrite or nitrate. The major routes of entry of nitrogen into bodies
of water are municipal and industrial wastewater, sewage works, septic tanks, waterways are polluted by
farming activities, feed lot discharges, animal wastes (from birds, waterfowl
and fish) and discharges from car exhausts.
Problems associated with excess Ammonia in Ponds
In managed closed
environments, typical of the average pond, the problem of excess ammonia,
nitrites and nitrates becomes apparent. The volumes of water in a fish pond are
quite minute when compared to a large lake, so there is far less dilution
nitrogenous compounds.
Ammonia is constantly
being produced in aquaculture environments, small amounts can be traced to the
diffusion of blood across the gill membranes of fish, but the majority of
ammonia is produced through the process of mineralization which involves the
conversion of waste products in the pond to ammonia by heterotrophic bacteria.
Another difference is
the lack of plant life in the average pond. Algae, which produces 'green
water', and blanketweed are actively discouraged by fish keepers, leading to
very little nitrogen being converted into plant protein. The end result is that
free nitrogenous compounds are common in fish ponds - in stark contrast to what
one finds in nature.
Symptoms high ammonia,
nitrite and/or nitrate
- low oxygen levels
- excessive green water or
filamentous algae
- excessive sludge
- poor flavor of fish due to poor
water quality
- fish stressed
- many diseases
- poor conversion efficiency
excessive nitrogen and phosphorus in effluent.
Reducing Ammonia - Nitro-Clear - Ammonia Nitrifiers
These Nitrifying bacteria provide
biological oxidation of ammonia in :
True nitrifying
bacteria are considered to be those belonging to the family Nitrobacteraceae.
These true nitrifying bacteria are strictly aerobic, gram-negative, chemolithic
autotrophs. They can only use nitrogen from inorganic sources such as ammonia
and nitrite. Nitrosomonas (ammonia-oxidizers) and Nitrobacter
(nitrite-oxidizers) are the most common. They require oxygen, utilize mostly
inorganic (without carbon) compounds as their energy source, and require carbon
dioxide (CO2) for their source of carbon.
Nitro-Clear
contains only Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter cells. Nitro-Clear cannot be dried.
Dry powder products consist of strains heterotrophic bacteria in their spore
stage. Dry formulas cannot contain true nitrifiers, since true nitrifiers,
unlike heterotrophs, are not spore forming and thus cannot be dried into powder
products.
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:
Nitrosomonas (ammonia-oxidizers) and Nitrobacter (nitrite-oxidizers),
aerobic, gram-negative, chemolithic autotrophs for ammonia
reduction.
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Example of typical clean-up of contaminated pond or
lake
Case study - Lake in central
Florida
