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VIBRIO IS AN OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN WHICH ENTERS AQUACULTURE FACILITIES, IN SEEMINGLY CLEAN AND FRESH SEA WATER. BIO-RESTORATION AQUA-KITS, PBD 31 AND 32, HAVE PROVEN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN LIMITING THE MORTALITY CAUSED BY PATHOGENIC BACTERIA.
VIBRIO LUMINESCENCE IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY SUB-SPECIES OF THE VIBRIO CLASS.
IT CAN BE READILY DETECTED BY DIPPING OUT A BUCKET FULL OF WATER FROM YOUR PONDS, TAKING IT INTO A DARK ROOM, STIRRING IT VIGOROUSLY WITH A STICK, AND SHINING A FLASHLIGHT INTO THE BUCKET.
IF YOU SEE TINY BLUE LIGHTS, THAT WILL VERIFY YOU HAVE VIBRIO LUMINESCENCE.
IF YOU FAIL TO SEE TINY BLUE LIGHTS, THAT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE OTHER TYPES OF VIBRIO.
BY USING OUR PROBIOTIC AQUA-KITS, YOU CAN CULTURE OR 'GROW-UP' YOUR OWN PROBIOTIC BACTERIA AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $2.00 PER GALLON OF HIGHLY POTENT PROBIOTIC BACTERIA.
THESE SPECIALLY CULTURED BACTERIA WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:
THE COST PER HECTARE IS VERY LOW.
THE YIELD IN LIVE, HEALTHY SHRIMP CAN BE AS HIGH AS DOUBLE BECAUSE YOU WILL EXPERIENCE DRAMATIC DECLINES IN MORTALITY.
NITRIFIERS CAN PERFORM A VITAL ROLE IN AMMONIA-NITRITE CONTROL.
THE PROBLEM WITH NITROSOMONAS AND NITROBACTER BACTERIA IS THAT THEY ARE EXTREMELY FRAGILE AND UNLESS KEPT COOL OR REFRIGERATED, DETERIORATE QUITE RAPIDLY. A TEMPERATURE OF 48 - 72 F - ( 9 - 22 C) IS BEST FOR STORAGE.
IT IS ALWAYS ADVISED IN AQUACULTURE TO USE NITRIFIERS AS A PREVENTATIVE, RATHER THAN ALLOW AMMONIA LEVELS TO RISE TO TOXIC LEVELS.
BRINGING DOWN HIGH LEVELS OF AMMONIA CAN BE TIME CONSUMING AND HARMFUL AND POSSIBLY FATAL TO LIVESTOCK DURING THAT PERIOD.
A DRIP SYSTEM INTO THE WATER, SLOW AND STEADY, IS A MORE PRACTICAL METHOD OF AMMONIA CONTROL.
THE NITRIFYING BACTERIA WILL PROVIDE MUCH BETTER PERFORMANCE IN A WELL OXYGENATED FACILITY. NITRIFYING BACTERIA ARE SENSITIVE TO MANY ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES AND RESPOND ADVERSELY TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (GREATER THAN 50 PPM) HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF AMMONIA AND NITRITE (GREATER THAN 2 PPM) TEMPERATURES OVER 82 F (28 C) IN STORAGE AREA. LACK OF ATTACHMENT SITES OR MICRO-NICHES LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS (BELOW 4 PPM) POOR CIRCULATION OF POND DETRITUS (NITRIFIERS GROW ON SUSPENDED DETRITUS) CHEMICAL POISONING (NITRIFIERS ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO ANTIBIOTICS, TEA SEED, RESIDUAL CHLORINE, DETERGENTS, ETC.) HIGH RATES OF WATER EXCHANGE, GREATER THAN 20% PER DAY (NITRIFIERS GET WASHED OUT DUE TO SLOW GROWTH RATE) POOR COMPATIBILITY WITH HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA WHEN PACKAGED IN THE SAME CONTAINER.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
#1 IF AMMONIA AND/OR NITRITE LEVELS ARE HIGH, POURING IN NITRIFIERS WILL NOT HELP AS MUCH AS A PARTIAL WATER EXCHANGE FIRST AND THEN ADDING NITRIFIERS.
#2 WHEN THE DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IS HIGH, WATER TRANSPARENCY WILL BE LOW AND COMPETITION FROM HETEROTROPHS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE NITRIFIERS
#3 ATTACHMENT SITES (MICRO-NICHES) ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR GOOD NITRIFIER ACTIVITY. PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT OUR 'AERATED REEFS'. THEY CONTAIN TWO AIR DIFFUSERS ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF A SPECIAL PLASTIC CUBE. THE NITRIFIERS WILL COLONIZE WITHIN THE CUBE AND REMOVE AMMONIA.
#4 AERATION/CIRCULATION: AERATORS THAT CIRCULATE AS WELL AS AERATE ARE MUCH PREFERRED TO THOSE THAT JUST AERATE (PADDLEWHEELS DO NOT CIRCULATE!) RUN CIRCULATING AERATORS CONTINUOUSLY DURING PERIODS OF HIGH AMMONIA/NITRITE AND ADD NITRIFIERS VIA A DRIP SYSTEM.
#5 DRIP SYSTEM APPLICATION OF NITRIFIERS: ADD NITRIFIERS AT 1-10 PPM OVER A ONE DAY PERIOD BY A DRIP OR METERING PUMP/TIMER DEVICE. SLUG ADDITIONS WORK, BUT METERED APPLICATIONS ARE BETTER. REPEAT 1-10 PPM APPLICATIONS AS REQUIRED TO CONTROL AMMONIA/NITRITE.
THE ORGANIC WASTE MATTER THAT FORMS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PONDS IS REFERRED TO AS 'SLUDGE', AND IS COMPOSED OF FISH OR SHRIMP FECES, UNEATEN OR POORLY DIGESTED FOODS, AND OTHER DEBRIS THAT COLLECTS IN THE PONDS.
BY USING BRF-2 SUPERBUGS (DRY) OR BRF-1A SUPERBUGS LIQUID, MUCH OF THIS SLUDGE WILL BE CONSUMED ON A DAILY BASIS BY THE SPECIAL BACTERIA AND ENZYMES IN THIS FORMULA, THEREFORE, PROVIDING CLEANER AND HEALTHIER WATER AND LESS NEED FOR FREQUENT WATER CHANGES.
THE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF USING THESE WASTE DEGRADERS ARE IMPROVED OXYGEN AND LESS PARASITES AND DISEASES.
BRF 2 ALSO CONTAINS PROBIOTIC BACTERIA WHICH FURTHER FORTIFIES YOUR WATER AGAINST VIBRIO AND OTHER PATHOGENS.
WHEN DRAINING WASTEWATER FROM PONDS OR DURING COMPLETE WATER CHANGES, A LARGE RESERVOIR SHOULD RECEIVE THE WASTE FIRST, BEFORE ALLOWING THE POLLUTED WATER TO RETURN TO A RIVER OR THE SEA.
THE RESERVOIR MUST CONTAIN AERATORS AND AIR DIFFUSION STONES ON THE BOTTOM & SHOULD RECEIVE HEAVY DOSES OF BRF-2 AT LEAST 8 LBS PER MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. RETENTION TIME OF AT LEAST 4 DAYS WILL BREAK DOWN THE FECES IF WATER TEMPERATURE IS 65 - 85 F.
NOTE! IF BRF-2 HAS BEEN USED FULL TERM IN THE GROWOUT PONDS, THE ORGANIC WASTES WILL ALREADY HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY 40 TO 70%, THUS REQUIRING FAR LESS TREATMENT THAN ORGANIC WASTES FROM PONDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH BRF-2.
VARIOUS TYPES OF VIRUSES HAVE PLAGUED AQUACULTURE PONDS FOR MANY YEARS TAKING A TERRIBLE TOLL AT A COST OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE FARMER.
RECENTLY, SOME HATCHERIES HAVE BEEN SELLING CERTIFIED VIRUS-FREE LIVESTOCK. THIS GUARANTEE SHOULD GIVE A GOOD START TO THE FARMER BUT THERE ARE OTHER PRECAUTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN, INCLUDING THE MOST CLEAN AND SANITARY WATER CONDITIONS THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE, AS SUGGESTED IN PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
VIRUSES ARE HAVING A SERIOUS EFFECT ON SHRIMP PRODUCTION THROUGHOUT ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA.
DEPENDENT UPON THE COUNTRY AND CLIMATE, YELLOW HEAD, WHITE SPOT, BOONYARATPALIN, AND OTHER DISEASES ARE CAUSING SEVERE LOSSES IN PRODUCTION.
THE FOLLOWING IS A RECENT EXPERIMENT UTILIZING A METHOD OF REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRING VIRUSES. IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SHRIMP FARMER NEVER EXCEED THE RECOMMENDED DOSAGES.
WE DO RECOMMEND HOWEVER, THAT YOU INITIALLY EXPERIMENT WITH SMALL NUMBERS OF SHRIMP UNTIL YOU ARE THOROUGHLY FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROCEDURE.
DISTRIBUTORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CIRCULATE THIS INFORMATION TO THE FARMERS IN ORDER TO REDUCE MORTALITIES.
REMEDY: (WHEN THE LARVAE ARE AT THE NAUPLII STAGE)
1. RINSE SHRIMP IN RUNNING SEA WATER FOR 2 MINUTES.
2. FOLLOW BY A RINSE IN 200 PPM FORMALIN IN SEA WATER FOR 5 MINUTES.
3. THEN IMMERSE AGAIN IN PURE SEA WATER FOR 5 MINUTES.
THIS PROCEDURE SHOULD KILL THE VIRUS.
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND EXPERIMENTING WITH SMALL QUANTITIES AT FIRST IN ORDER TO BE SAFE. USE CAUTION AND RECORD ALL OBSERVATIONS.
AFTER TREATMENT: USE BRF-1A 'SUPERBUGS', A BLEND OF WASTE DIGESTING AND 'PROBIOTIC' BACTERIA AT 10 PPM.
THIS WILL KEEP POND WATER AT HIGH QUALITY, WHILE SUPPRESSING
VIBRIO, AEROMONAS, AND OTHER PATHOGENIC BACTERIA.
ENVIRO-REPS WILL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH AND INFORM OUR DISTRIBUTORS AND CONSUMERS ON HOW BEST TO COMBAT DISEASES AND IMPROVE HARVESTS.
CONTINUE TO USE BRF-2 TO OBTAIN OPTIMUM WATER QUALITY.
AQUA-KITS SHOULD BE UTILIZED TO KEEP 'PROBIOTIC' POPULATIONS AT MAXIMUM STRENGTH. (PROBIOTIC AQUA-KITS ARE PBD-31 AND PBD-32)
IT IS THE PRACTICE IN SOME COUNTRIES TO BRING SNAILS FROM LAKES & RESERVOIRS AND FEED THEM TO THE SHRIMP OR FISH. THIS PRACTICE MAY SEEM LIKE AN ECONOMICALLY WISE MOVE, BUT CAN ALSO PROVE TO BE A DEVASTATING LOSS IN MANY CASES BECAUSE THE SNAIL CAN BRING MANY TYPES OF PARASITES & DISEASES INTO YOUR PONDS.
BIRDS MAY ALSO BRING UNWANTED DISEASES INTO YOUR WATER.
HERONS HAVE A VORACIOUS APPETITE FOR FISH & ARE A DOUBLE THREAT NOT MERELY FOR THE FISH THEY CONSUME, BUT FOR THE DISEASES THEY MAY TRANSMIT THROUGH THEIR FECES AND FROM EGGS OF UNDESIRABLE FISH WHICH CLING TO THEIR UNDER FEATHERS AND FEET AS THEY MAKE THEIR DAILY ROUNDS FROM SWAMPS AND PONDS. OTHER BIRD SPECIES SUCH AS CORMORANTS, PELICANS, KINGFISHERS, DUCKS, MERGANSER, EGRETS, TERNS, ETC., MAY ALSO BRING PARASITES & INCREASED MORTALITY.
IF THERE IS ANY SPECIES OF BIRD THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE FARMER, I AM UNAWARE OF IT.
IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE WITNESSED TERRIBLE MORTALITIES FROM VIRUSES. SHRIMP FARMS FROM TEXAS TO SOUTH AMERICA AND ASIA HAVE SUFFERED STAGGERING LOSSES.
AT THIS WRITING, NO CURE HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THIS DREADED DISEASE AND THE LOSSES CONTINUE TO CLIMB TOWARD THE BILLIONS.
PREVENTION: IS IT POSSIBLE? YES, IT NOW IS!.
WE KNOW THAT IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS, WHEN AN OUTBREAK OF DISEASE STRIKES, THE WEAKEST ARE THE FIRST TO DIE BECAUSE THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS CANNOT FIGHT OFF THE ATTACK.
THE FARMER WHO LOSES 80 TO 90% OF HIS CROP ( & PROFITS ) IS LEFT TO WONDER "WHY DID A FEW OF MY ANIMALS SURVIVE THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE?"
KEEPING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM STRONG, VIGOROUS, AND DISEASE RESISTANT:
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: WATER QUALITY IS MOST IMPORTANT. FECES AND ORGANIC WASTES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ACCUMULATE ON THE BOTTOM WHERE SHRIMP PREFER TO STAY. FISH WILL AVOID THIS CONTAMINATED AND FREQUENTLY TOXIC AREA. HYDROGEN SULFIDE EXPOSURE CAN BE HARMFUL.
OXYGEN: MANY PONDS LACK NEEDED OXYGEN AND ARE OPERATING AT MARGINAL LEVELS. ALL LIVING THINGS REQUIRE OXYGEN AND WHILE ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR OXYGEN SUPPLEMENTATION MAY BE COSTLY TO SOME, THE JUSTIFICATION FOR GOOD OXYGEN IS: HEALTHIER, FASTER MATURING AND MORE DISEASE RESISTANT LIVESTOCK.
PATHOGEN CONTROL: VIBRIO, AEROMONAS, AND PARASITES IN YOUR WATER WILL WEAKEN YOUR LIVESTOCK (SOME WILL KILL) SO THAT WHEN THE VIRUS REACHES YOUR WATER, IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY WEAK AND MORTALITY WILL BE HIGH.
BIRD PREDATORS: KEEP THEM AWAY. NOT ONLY WILL THEY EAT YOUR FISH OR SHRIMP, THEY WILL INTRODUCE NEW DISEASES & PARASITES THAT THEY PICKED UP FROM A SICK AND INFECTED FARM 40 MILES AWAY. THEY SPREAD DISEASE.
FEED: USE ONLY TOP QUALITY FEEDS. STORE THEM IN A SAFE DRY AREA. CONTAMINATED FEEDS AND LOW QUALITY FEEDS SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
PREVENTATIVES AGAINST THE ABOVE PROBLEMS FOR #1, 2, AND 3 ARE AVAILABLE FROM ENVIRO-REPS INTERNATIONAL. THEY ARE NATURAL, ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE AND VERY EFFECTIVE.
WHEN OUR BACTERIA ARE INTRODUCED (SEEDED) INTO PONDS, THEY QUICKLY ESTABLISH ENVIRONMENTAL DOMINANCE WHICH CREATES AN UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR PATHOGENIC BACTERIA SUCH AS VIBRIO, AEROMONAS, AND E. COLI.
THESE UNDESIRABLE SPECIES CAN BE MONITORED AND THEIR POPULATIONS RECORDED AS "CONSTANTLY DECLINING" ONCE THE FORMULAS PROVIDED BY ENVIRO-REPS INTERNATIONAL ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE POND.
OTHER UNDESIRABLE SPECIES SUCH AS GRAM NEGATIVE, SLIME-FORMING BACTERIA WILL ALSO DISAPPEAR FROM THE WATER.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE OXYGEN LEVELS SHOULD RANGE FROM 4-10 (DO) IN ORDER TO REALIZE THE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE OF OUR BIOFORMULAS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT OXYGEN IS THE "LIFE BLOOD" OF EVERY AQUATIC SYSTEM AND THAT THE BACTERIA PROVIDED BY ENVIRO-REPS ARE PREDOMINANTLY AEROBIC & FACULTATIVE (AEROBES PERFORM OPTIMALLY IN WELL OXYGENATED WATER. FACULTATIVE WILL OPERATE IN EITHER AEROBIC OR ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS.)
FISH AND SHRIMP ALSO EAT BETTER, ARE MORE ACTIVE, DISEASE RESISTANT, AND GROW FASTER IN WELL AERATED WATER.
THE VARIOUS STRAINS OF BACTERIA YOU WILL PURCHASE FROM ENVIRO-REPS WILL PERFORM BEST IN WATER WITH A pH OF 6.5 - 8.5, PERFORMANCE WILL LESSEN BY SMALL DEGREES SHOULD pH RANGES DIFFER BY .O5 IN EITHER DIRECTION. IN SUCH CASES, YOU WILL NEED TO ADD ABOUT 20-25% MORE PER DOSAGE TO COMPENSATE.
IDEAL WATER TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM 60 - 90 F. IF WATER TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 42 F THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE MUCH PERFORMANCE UNTIL WATER TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO RISE.
SALINITY IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR. REMEMBER! VIBRIO WILL THRIVE IN HIGH SALINITY WATER. SALINITY LEVELS OF 30 TO 35 PPT (OCEAN WATER IS 35 PPT) WILL PROVIDE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR VIBRIO GROWTH. WE RECOMMEND LOWER SALINITY LEVELS IF POSSIBLE.
ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED THE PREVIOUS ADVICE PROVIDED HEREIN, WE OFFER A SIMPLE FORMULA TO ACCELERATE THE HARVESTING TIME FOR SHRIMP:
MINA-VITA IS A VITAMIN-MINERAL FOOD SUPPLEMENT THAT THE SHRIMP EAT AND SEEM TO THRIVE ON.
WHEN MINA-VITA IS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE PONDS, THE SHRIMP CAN BE SEEN GRASPING AND EATING THESE TINY PARTICLES.
TEST: SHRIMP IN ONE POND WERE FED MINA-VITA AT THE RATE OF TWO POUNDS PER TON OF REGULAR FEED.
RESULTS: THE SHRIMP IN THE TEST POND GREW TO FULL MATURITY 12 DAYS BEFORE THE SHRIMP IN THE CONTROL PONDS REACHED THE SAME SIZE AND WEIGHT. IN ADDITION, NO CHANGES WERE OBSERVED IN MORTALITY LEVELS.
NURSERIES TREATED WITH PBL-44 SCORED HIGHER SURVIVAL RATES.
ALL PONDS WERE TREATED WITH BRF-2 AND PBD 31 & 32; NO DEATHS DUE TO VIBRIO WERE NOTED.
CONCLUSION: POSITIVE PROOF OF DISEASE CONTROL, INCREASED HARVESTS, PROFITS ARE THE INEVITABLE RESULTS OF USING ENVIRO-REPS BIO-FORMULAS IN VARIED AQUACULTURE APPLICATIONS.
AS PREVIOUSLY EXPLAINED, IT IS A WELL ESTABLISHED FACT THAT PROBIOTICS WHEN PROPERLY APPLIED IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS WILL POSITIVELY REDUCE MORTALITY FROM 24% TO AS MUCH AS 41%. OBVIOUSLY, AS MORTALITY IS REDUCED, HARVESTS AND PROFITS WILL INCREASE.
PROBIOTICS COME IN LIQUID FORM AS WELL AS IN 'AQUA-KITS' (DRY FORM) THAT ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW THE FARMER TO INEXPENSIVELY KEEP HIS PONDS CLEAN WHILE PROTECTING HIS CROPS FROM VIBRIO AND OTHER PATHOGENS. COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR SIMPLE BREWING PROCEDURE WILL BE ENCLOSED WITH EACH AQUA-KIT YOU PURCHASE.
KNOWLEDGEABLE FISH AND SHRIMP FARMERS HAVE DISCOVERED A MORE PROFITABLE METHOD OF HARVESTING HEALTHIER CROPS WITH GREATLY INCREASED PROFITS
SUPERBUGS BRF-2 (WITH PROBIOTICS) IS A WONDER PRODUCT FOR WATER CLEANLINESS.
BRF-2 CONSUMES ORGANIC WASTES FASTER AND AT LESS COST THAN ANY BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT EVER KNOWN. TOXICITY IS LOWERED AND HARVEST ARE UP AS HIGH AS 42%.
MAKE US PROVE THIS CLAIM!!!!
GEOSMIN? YES! WE CAN HELP! AEROMONAS? YES! WE CAN HELP! BROWN BLOOD? YES! WE CAN AND ARE WILLING TO HELP!!!!!! 50 YEARS AS FISH BREEDERS. 20 YEARS OF ENZYMATIC-BACTERIA EXPERIENCE.
DO NOT LOSE MORE LIVESTOCK WHEN THE SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEMS IS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY!!!
THERE ARE INCREASING PROBLEMS WITH INCOMING WATER SUPPLIES BRINGING IN TOXINS, CHEMICALS AND POLLUTANTS OF VARIOUS TYPES.
TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM, WE RECOMMEND THAT A LARGE RESERVOIR OR BASIN BE EQUIPPED WITH A CHEMICAL FILTER CONTAINING ACTIVATED CARBON (CHARCOAL).
MOST TYPES ARE DERIVED FROM BURNT WOOD, HOWEVER, HIGH QUALITY CHARCOAL CAN ALSO BE MANUFACTURED OR CONVERTED FROM COCONUT SHELLS. COCONUT SHELLS SHOULD BE PLENTIFUL IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE ORIENT. THERE IS A PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CHARCOAL FROM BURNING THE COCONUT. LOOK IT UP AND SAVE YOUR MONEY AND LIVESTOCK.
THE PROCEDURE IS TO FORCE INCOMING WATER THROUGH THE COCONUT SHELLS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROCESSED INTO CHARCOAL AND THEY WILL FILTER OUT 95% - 99.5% OF TOXINS.
NEVER USE ZEOLITES AS A MEDIA MATERIAL FOR SALT WATER APPLICATIONS AS THEY WILL ONLY REMOVE AMMONIA FROM FRESH WATER.
MANY FARMERS HAVE FOUND IT ADVANTAGEOUS TO BRING IN WATER THAT MAY CONTAIN UNDESIRABLE PARASITES, VIRUSES, PATHOGENS, ETC... INTO A PRE-TREATMENT RESERVOIR WHICH IS HEAVILY CHLORINATED.
AFTER SEVERAL DAYS THEY CAN DE-CHLORINATE THE WATER USING SODIUM THIOSULPHATE OR OTHER MEANS TO REMOVE THE CHLORINE BEFORE BEING ADDED TO THE HATCHERY OR GROW-UP PONDS.
VIGOROUS AERATION ALSO HELPS.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED BY OUR DISTRIBUTORS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THAT ALTHOUGH OUR RESEARCH GOES BACK OVER 20 YEARS (1974) WITH WATER QUALITY & AQUACULTURE, WE ARE STILL EXPERIMENTING AND SEEKING ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE AQUACULTURALISTS.
WE WILL MAKE THESE DISCOVERIES AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR DISTRIBUTORS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THEY IN TURN ARE PLEDGED TO PROVIDE THEIR CUSTOMER WITH THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
EXAMPLE: IN 1995 A FARMER IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DECIDED TO EXPERIMENT WITH HIS PONDS. HE NOTED THAT HIS NEED FOR WATER CHANGES HAD BEEN DRASTICALLY REDUCED SINCE HE BEGAN USING ENVIRO-REPS PRODUCTS. BUT HIS BIGGEST SURPRISE OCCURRED WHEN HE DRAINED HIS FIRST POND TO HARVEST HIS SHRIMP.
HIS SURPRISE! THE SLUDGE ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS POND WAS ABOUT 25% OF THE USUAL FECES & WASTE MATTER & THERE WAS NO TERRIBLE SMELL THAT HE HAD FOUND EVERY PREVIOUS YEAR.
EVERY PREVIOUS YEAR HE HAD SENT HIS WORKERS INTO THE DEEP, FOUL SMELLING HYDROGEN SULFIDE, BLACK SLUDGE TO FIRST DREDGE AND REMOVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THEN, AS WAS THE TRADITION, HE TREATED THE REMAINING LAYER OF SLUDGE WITH LIME AND LET IT "BAKE" IN THE HOT SUN FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
BY NOW, HIS MIND WAS RACING AS HE SAID TO HIMSELF: "SINCE MY PONDS WERE SO CLEAN & DID NOT STINK (AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS), WHY SHOULD I WASTE LIME, TIME, AND MONEY $$??
AND- IF YOU HAVEN'T GUESSED IT BY NOW - THIS WISE AND INNOVATIVE FARMER FILLED UP HIS PONDS THE NEXT DAY AND MOVED EVEN MORE YOUNG SHRIMP INTO HIS GROW-OUT PONDS.
AND THE REST OF THE REST OF THE STORY.........HE HAD ANOTHER RICH HARVEST WITH MINIMUM MORTALITY.
IF ANY OF THESE PRODUCTS OR PROCESSES OR TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT IN THIS BOOKLET DO NOT SOUND POSSIBLE OR FEASIBLE TO YOU, WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR DOUBTS.
IF YOU HAVE TRIED ANY OTHER ENZYMATIC-BACTERIA PRODUCTS AND DID NOT RECEIVE SATISFACTORY RESULTS, THAT TOO IS UNDERSTOOD & UNFORTUNATE.
CONVINCE YOURSELF! MANY BIOLOGICAL FORMULAS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE RESULTS THEY CLAIM IN THEIR ADVERTISING, RESULTING IN LOST MONEY, TIME, AND CONFIDENCE IN SIMILAR PRODUCTS.
BE CAUTIOUS. WE ENCOURAGE ALL NEW USERS TO FIRST TREAT ONLY ONE POND AND EVALUATE THE RESULTS YOURSELF. THEN MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION.
THROW AWAY THE OLD TRADITIONAL ANTIQUATED PRACTICES & START EARNING THE BIGGER PROFITS YOU HAVE BEEN LOSING UNNECESSARILY EVERY YEAR.
NOTE! ZEOLITE IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE MEDIA WHEN FILTERING SALTY OR BRACKISH WATER.
CHARCOAL IS AN EXCELLENT MEDIA, BUT IF NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE "BIO-FILTER", GRAVEL, LAVA ROCK, DOLOMITE, CLAMSHELLS, BIOBALLS, OR OTHER MEDIA WILL SUBSTITUTE WITH CHARCOAL STILL BEING THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE.
FOR FILTERING OUT TOXIC AND UNDESIRABLE CHEMICALS, HOWEVER, ONLY CHARCOAL SHOULD BE USED!
THE PRACTICE OF RELEASING POLLUTED POND WATER BACK INTO THE OCEAN, RIVERS, ETC, IS BECOMING A MAJOR CONCERN OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
SOME FISH FARMERS HAVE FOUND IT PRACTICAL AND PROFITABLE TO USE THIS WATER AS A VERY EFFECTIVE FERTILIZER FOR CROPS AND OTHER GROWING THINGS.
ANOTHER VERY SUCCESSFUL METHOD IS TO RUN THE POLLUTED WATER INTO A RESERVOIR HIGHLY AERATED AND SEEDED WITH BRF-2 SUPERBUGS.
IF THE WATER IS ABOVE 55 F (13 C), BIODEGRADATION WILL BE ACCELERATED & SOON READY FOR RETURNING TO ITS ORIGINAL SOURCE.
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