Swiftclean - Model Aquaculture -Water and Feed Natural Disease Control Products

• Live beneficial microorganisms for nutrient level reductions *
• Improves natural water quality *
• Breaks down feed wastes and fish manures
• Provides less fluctuation in oxygen levels
• Balances pond microorganisms
• Reduces ammonia and phosphates in the water
• Assists in bringing fish on flavor
• Contains no detergents or chemical perfumes
• Works in fresh and salt water
• Beneficial bacterial augmentation of aquaculture systems
• Available as a liquid and dry concentrate

Aquaculture as we well know, is the rapid growth of fish by artificially feeding heavily stocked fish systems. As a result of this increased feeding, metabolic activity of the fish is increased, thus increasing the levels of organic wastes and toxic compounds. Algae, bacteria and other microorganisms begin to grow. As a result, the ponds natural ecosystem cannot be maintained. Proper balances cannot be maintained and organic wastes build up to toxic levels (such as ammonia and nitrites). Therefore, massive blooms of algae grow. The dominant type of algae that is prevalent is blue-green algae. This is the major cause of off-flavors in fish. A supplement is needed to restore the ecosystem to a proper balance.

Swiftclean-Aquaculture is added to aquaculture systems to augment the natural process of waste removal. This improves water quality by providing a more diverse microbial population. The specially selected strains of bacteria in Swiftclean-Aquaculture break down waste to remove nutrients from the water

Treatment of your aqua culture system with Swiftclean-Aquaculture, when water quality is poor or nutrient concentrations are high, allows you to operate your system at capacity. Every successive treatment with Swiftclean-Aquaculture decreases the concentration of toxic nutrients and improves the balance of nutrients and microorganisms in your system. Isolated treatments can improve water quality temporarily. A program of successive treatments will consistently improve water quality.

Swiftclean-Aquaculture is a concentrated suspension of living beneficial good bacteria in a dormant state. Each liter contains more than 100 billion beneficial organisms. Many strains of beneficial bacteria have been selected to remove specific nutrients in your pond, raceway, tank, or hatchery. None of the bacteria/enzymes in Swiftclean-Aquaculture are harmful to fish or humans.

Nitrification occurs when ammonia is changed to nitrate. Denitrification occurs when nitrate is changed to water and nitrogen gas which is dissipated into the atmosphere. High BOD or low ammonia levels cause nitrification to be inhibited.

Until the BOD causing organic compounds are decomposed by other bacteria in Swiftclean-Aquaculture, ammonia levels will remain high). A series of treatments is necessary when BOD is high or ammonia is low to remove the excess nutrients.

A- Various ammonia levels can be treated.

1- 1/4 ppm when total ammonia measures between 1.0 and 3.0 ppm. Repeat at a 1/4 ppm treatment every 4 weeks.

2- Use 1.0 ppm when total ammonia is higher than 3.0 ppm, or whenever ammonia levels begin to rise. Follow up with 1/4 ppm treatments every 4 weeks or whenever ammonia levels begin to rise.

B- Ammonia, nitrite and maintenance treatments should begin with 1/2 to 1 ppm and should be followed by 1/4 ppm treatments as needed to keep ammonia nitrite and algae levels low.

1- 1/4 ppm when nitrite concentration measures between 3.0 or 10.0 ppm. Repeat at a 1/4 ppm treatment every 4 weeks, or as needed.

2- Use 1.0 ppm when nitrite concentration is higher than 10.0 ppm.

C- Off-Flavor treatment for a scheduled harvest should start at least three weeks before harvest. An initial treatment of 1 ppm should be followed by 1/2 ppm or 1/4 ppm treatments at 4 day intervals to keep the ammonia, nitrite, and algae levels low until the fish are "on-flavor". These later treatments must be continued until the fish are harvested to insure against "off-flavor" reoccurrence.

D- Fluctuations between morning and afternoon oxygen readings are much less when maintenance treatments are applied. Biochemical oxygen demand is reduced so that less oxygen is used at night and in cloudy weather.

E- Maintenance applications of 1/4 ppm per treatment have been sufficient to maintain good water quality, when applied on a needed schedule.

F-Hatcheries and raceways should be treated with 1 ppm based on the flow of water through the system. Repeat treatments should maintain 1 ppm in the system based on the flushing rate.

NOTE:

In heavily fed aqua culture systems, an initial drop in oxygen level is possible after treatment. This means that the bacteria are actively metabolizing the organic wastes, nutrients, and sludge in the system.

Application should be made in late afternoon as the initial period of darkness will favor the bacteria growth over the blue-green algae.

Sold and Packaged in: 10, 20 and 210 liter plastic drums.

Status:The Organisms in our SWIFTCLEAN biological dry concentrate comply to: The Canadian Environmental Ministry - DSL list, and the USA Asia, Australia, Europe,  and most other countries - Class 1, non pathogenic, non mutating spore form / spore forming organisms family.