WATER TREATMENT

Bacta-Pur®: The purpose of adding good bacteria to a pond is to stimulate the natural processes of organic waste decomposition.  Sometimes all the necessary and complementary decomposing bacteria may not be present in your water, so by adding Bacta-Pur ® you are further promoting the health of your pond.  (Note: Bacteria needs oxygen to survive so continue aerating yo+ur pond.)  I will be adding a shopping feature to this page as soon as possible.

        www.BactaPur.com     "The Bacta-Pur® System - The Bacta-Pur® POND added to your pond attacks both the solid and soluble pollutions.  The beneficial water clearing microorganisms including nitrifiers and denitrifiers, in Bacta-Pur® POND, use these wastes as food for their growth.  The by-product of this natural water clearing process are water, carbon dioxide and bacterial biomass, which is rich in protein.  Thus, wastes are converted by Bacta-Pur® POND into natural fish food."

Bacta-Pur® Trial:  July 15, 2009 - As the summer has progressed I found that the second of our ponds, which does have a windmill pond aerator is still getting lots of duckweed.  In other words, aeration alone is not having enough of an impact.  I don't fault the windmill because this pond is filthy.  The old farmer used it as his private dump.  I have pulled out old oil filters, trash, several tires, old pesticide containers and I know there is more down there.  

I heard about Bacta-Pur through a long time windmill aerator advocate.  I called the company and spoke with the creator of the product about my situation.  He reassured me that the bacteria would have no problem with my situation.  When I asked about the oil, he said that the hydro-carbons would be broken down as well.  

Bacta-Pur was created for fish farms, and is safe for fishing ponds and swimming holes.  The bacteria is all naturally occurring.  The goal of bacteria, and aeration for that matter, is to out-compete algae and other invasive plants for the nutrients (ex: nitrates, nitrites, and ammonias) in the water.  Adding bacteria to a pond is done because not all of the bacteria necessary to help breakdown the waste in the water is present in a pond.  Just as trout don't automatically appear in a pond without being introduced, so too various strains of bacteria.

Based on the size of my pond the company rep suggested I use 1 liter of Bacta-Pur every week.  I should see a change within a month because the pond is aerated.  She also I suggested I remove as much of the duckweed from the surface of the pond as possible before adding the Bacta-Pur.  This makes sense because I don't want all of that duckweed to die and then have to decompose also before my pond gets clear.  As a side note, don't worry about getting all of the duckweed out because it also oxygenates and filters the water.

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