Water Treatments » Bacta-Pur

"Natural non chemical buffer" is a fine powdered product that will improve alkalinity in pond / tank water providing a natural stabilizing effect on the pH of water.

Biobalance is ideal for use in low alkaline soft water conditions (extremely low levels of hardness are also know to be detrimental to the osmosis & regulatory system of fish).

Recommended dose rate:

As a KH regulator 25 grams per 1000 gallons of water per day until desired KH is reached.  Repeat whenever required.

As a pH buffer 25 grams per 1000 gallons of water per day for one week and continue at the same rate very other day until pH is stable. Repeat as and when required.

Biobalance will cloud water for a few hours on application.

Ready for immediate use, pour directly into filter chambers to boost the biological filter. Especially important after medication of the pond, or just as a general tonic to increase bacterial numbers.

When to use

• New pond or new filter installation - use every 7th day for 3-6 weeks.
• After any chemical treatment - use every 7th day for 1-2 weeks.
• When adding new fish stock to pond - use every 7th day for 1-2 weeks.

Dosage: Use at 100ml per 220 gallons

Klear contains beneficial nitrifying bacteria essential for filters, plus denitrifying bacteria to cope with any nasty ammonia.

Klear, as its name implies, will increase water clarity and reduces protein discoloration and foam in ponds. Klear is a highly concentrated liquid culture and weekly use is thoroughly recommended as a filter pro-biotic that reduces Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates and soluble Phosphates.

Phosphates as well as Nitrates are the major nutrients needed for blanket weed growth, using Klear will reduce these nutrients, suppressing blanket weed growth.

Used in conjunction with Klear.  Will pre-activate Klear, in a heated container, with 1 litre of Klear.

See Bio-Reactor kit.

1 litre of Klear and 500ml of Preconditioner with 10 litres of pond water at 30 C for 2 to 7 days.

Bacta-Pur® LITHAQUA is a marine mineral with a high content of minerals, trace elements and carbonates.  It brings them into your pond and thereby adjusts the mineral balance and improves the water quality.  Use it as pond substrate for bacteria to grow on and for fish to play in, or use it as a filter medium. 

Modern multi-chamber filters contain mainly plastic media.  Those are excellent supports for bacteria but they do not add anything to water quality.  It is important to fill at least one filter chamber (preferably the last chamber) with Bacta-Pur® LITHAQUA.  It provides an enormous surface area for bacteria (10 to 20 times more than most plastic filter media) and provides the bacteria with essential nutrients. 

Bacta-Pur® LITHAQUA neutralises acid pH and helps to restore carbonate alkalinity.

A preventive treatment is intended to prevent infection, and assist in natural therapeutic recovery from disease infection.

A number of very dangerous pathogenic strains of bacteria like Aeromonas, Pseudomonas, E. coli, , etc. can cause catastrophic fish losses in ponds. This has created a strong demand for an effective preventive treatment that does not involve antibiotics, disinfectants, or any other sort of chemical products.

Preventive treatment does not kill pathogens directly; it helps prevent and restrict their development. If pathogens get the opportunity to proliferate they can infect the least resistant fish. Good water quality reduces stress in fish and therefore reduces the risk of infection.

After extensive collaborative work with Kusuri Products, IET Aqua research have added this product to their production program. Bacta-Pur® Pro-100 is formulated to help reduce harmful water-borne bacteria. Bacta-Pur® Pro-100 contains the highest available concentration of natural beneficial bacteria. Every production batch is tested and guaranteed free of pathogens and dangerous chemicals.

This is a the highest concentrated formulation available (100 billion organisms per ml).

Pro-100 is used as a preventative. The multiplying colonies of beneficial bacteria out-compete harmful strains of pathogens, by consuming the nutrients that they require to survive and develop. Effectively, Bacta-Pur® Pro-100 reduces the numbers of pathogens by occupying their “living space” and replacing the harmful bacteria with beneficial ones.

Pro-100 can be used in any aquatic environment because it is absolutely harmless. It is recommended not to use UV or ozone equipment when starting the application for 1 week, and to aerate the pond.

Bacta-Pur® SLUDGEBUSTERS contains selected bacteria to efficiently bio-degrade sludge in ponds, pipe work and filters. Regular use prevents accumulation of organic sediments.

Apart from being unsightly and sometimes clouding water, by removing waste the beneficial bacteria eliminate the causes of noxious odours and reduce the oxygen demand (B.O.D.), meaning more oxygen is available for the fish. Bacta-Pur® SLUDGEBUSTERS is best applied weekly or at least once a month. Ideal for use in ponds with no bottom drain system.

Regular use prevents accumulation of organic solids so that drains, pumps and filters require minimal cleaning.

Coarse sediments, such as leaves, should be removed manually whenever possible by removing organic waste.

The beneficial micro-organisms in Bacta-Pur® Sludgebusters eliminate the causes for noxious odors and reduce oxygen demand in the water, so that more oxygen is made available to the fish.