CS NitraClean - natural biological denitrification booster - provides especially denitrification bacteria with fast energy and essential mineral nutrition.
CS NitraClean
CS NitraClean - natural
biological denitrification booster - provides especially denitrification
bacteria with fast energy and essential mineral nutrition.
Composition and Availability
Composition
UM Removal SET I
8 marine carbohydrates (sacharides)
Source of fast energy
9 biogenous trace elements
Source of essential mineral nutrition
The product does not contain
any synthetic or unnatural
compounds.
Specification
CS NitraClean is primarily intended as a source of nutrition and
fast energy supply for marine denitrification bacteria. But as a matter
of fact NitraClean boost entire chain of biological degradation of Nitrogen
– from particulate organic Nitrogen through dissolved organic Nitrogen,
Ammonia (Ammonium), Nitrites, Nitrates up to molecular Nitrogen.
Nitrogen Cycle
Oceanic Nitrogen cycle can be briefly described as follows:
Animals Metabolism - Nitrogen in particulate organic matter
Remineralisation - Nitrogen in dissolved organic matter
Bacterial
Ammonification – ammonia and ammonium ion formation
Bacterial
Nitrification – nitrites and nitrates formation
Bacterial
Denitrification – formation of molecular Nitrogen
It is in the essential interest of all reefkeepers the above mentioned
chain of processes runs as fast as possible. The reason is both Ammonia
including Ammonium ion and Nitrites are violent biological poisons. The
practice shows however, that crucial problem is Denitrification above all,
due to the differences from the other parts of Nitrogen cycle - it is slow-running
and energy-demanding process, which requires the environment with very low
or no presence of oxygen (Anoxic and Hypoxic Zones).
Natural Denitrification
As results from the facts stated above, to avoid the use of unnatural
or otherwise problematic methods of reef tank denitrification, it is
necessary to secure following:
Presence of Bacteria
They are present in every „live“ reef
tank
Commercial bacteria-containing preparations can be used extra
Enough Anoxic and Hypoxic Zones
Live rock in display tank or in
refugia
Substrate on the bottom of the tank (thickness 6 - 12 cm)
CS NitraClean
The source of fast energy and nutrition for unicellular
organisms
Exceedingly high concentration of mineral and organic nutrients.
If overdosed, certain amount of active substances is not utilised by
denitrification bacteria and remains free for the rest of unicellular
organisms in the tank - other bacteria, algae and cyanophytes, causing
the formation of their colonies, especially if artificially doped muds
or sands are used. Limit the dosage or even temporarily interrupt product
application and wait until the situation improves. The unfavourable
situation may last even weeks, because primarily algae generate metabolic
nutrient reserves for a rather long time.
First-time
application
The initial dosage should be ca 1 - 3 ml / 100 l water / week.
The dosage may then be gradually increased, as long as none of the
above mentioned overdose symptoms occur. The optimal dosage in highly
populated tanks may be even higher than suggested one and its adjustment
is always a matter of experimentation. If the products is used for
the first time and Nitrates concentration is higher, dosing of NitraClean
shall be lowered immediately after Nitrates concentration decrease.
