BACTERYA POND

NITROGEN CYCLE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATOR
The ponds are enclosed environments, in which as opposed to natural environments such as the sea, great lakes or rivers, there is no guarantee of continuous change of water. Inside the pond, as in nature, pollutants and toxins are produced by the metabolism of the organisms living there. These substances must be adequately equalized to avoid harming the health of fish, plants and invertebrates. The decomposition of organic nitrogen such as, the amino acids present in waste products, in the putrefacation in organic substances and left over food, constitute a constant source of ammonia through a process known as “Ammonification”. This process is set in motion by specific bacteria which, by breaking down the amino nitrogen, frees ammonia. The ammonia molecules, produced in this way in the pond, are highly toxic even in low concentration for the organisms living there, and therefore to be rendered harmless must undergo two further oxidation reactions by free bacteria:

• a process called nitrification in which nitrificating bacteria plays a major part which transforms ammonia in nitrites (NO2)
• a process known as nitritition in which the nitrificating bacteria oxidise the nitrites and contributes to the production of nitrates (NO3)

The complete process shown above is known as “the nitrogen cycle”.

Nitrates in concentrations up to 20 mg/lt are not toxic for the organisms in the pond and their concentrations can be kept under control by regularly changing the water and/or the use of the appropriate absorbent substances in the filter. A newly set up pond has no micro organisms (bacteria) to set the nitrogen cycle in motion: BACTERYA POND is a biological liquid activator composed of selected bacteria and enzymes which allows the complete nitrogen cycle.