• Every grain of sand in the ocean is covered with a biofilm. Nature’s Ocean® Bio-Activ Live™ Aragonite is naturally from the ocean. The bacteria
on the sand are in a biofilm,
therefore the
bacteria are in their natural state, immediately
removing toxic waste.
• Artificially
adding bacteria (or cultured bacteria) does not
make the same biofilm. It is not as efficient as
the biofilm found on sand in the ocean which
have been naturally
selected through millions of
years of evolution.
• All bacteria on Nature’s Ocean® Bio-Activ Live™ Aragonite
are preserved in their natural live state using
a patented process and a patented saltwater
enrichment solution
QX- 23™.
• Nature’s Ocean® Bio-Activ
Live™ Aragonite is guaranteed to contain
more than 10 million live bacteria per pound of
sand
in a natural biofilm, ready to instantly
start the
cycling process and stabilize your
tank.
• Contains live marine autotrophic bacteria to
provide
proper inorganic chemical balance.
Premium Live® Aragonite Reef Sand for Aquariums •Collected in its natural environment and packaged in its natural state
(U.S. Patent #'s:6,376,299 & 6,939,708) • Just place in tank, add saltwater (for best results use NutriSeawater®)
then add fish, no waiting required. • Instant ammonia cycling • Perfect for most applications (except Undergravel filters) • Reduces algae growth
Item
#: 20741
UPC: 029904207414
Grain size: 0.5-1.5mm
Packaged: 4 - 10 lb
(4.54 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Item
#: 10741
UPC: 029904107417
Grain size: 0.5-1.5mm
Packaged: 2-20 lb
(9.07 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Premium Live® Aragonite Reef Sand for Aquariums •Collected in its natural environment and packaged in its natural state
(U.S. Patent #'s:6,376,299 & 6,939,708) • Just place in tank, add saltwater (for best results use NutriSeawater®)
then add fish, no waiting required. • Instant ammonia cycling • Perfect for most applications (except Undergravel filters) • Reduces algae growth
Item
#: 20701
UPC: 029904107018
Grain size: 0.5-1.7mm
Packaged: 4 - 10 lb
(4.54 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Item
#: 10701
UPC: 029904107011
Grain size: 0.5-1.7mm
Packaged: 2-20 lb
(9.07 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Premium Live® Aragonite Reef Sand for Aquariums •Collected in its natural environment and packaged in its natural state
(U.S. Patent #'s:6,376,299 & 6,939,708) • Just place in tank, add saltwater (for best results use NutriSeawater®)
then add fish, no waiting required. • Instant ammonia cycling • Perfect for most applications (except Undergravel filters) • Reduces algae growth
Item
#: 20731
UPC: 029904204207315
Grain size: 0.1-0.5mm
Packaged: 4 - 10 lb
(4.54 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Item
#: 10731
UPC: 029904107318
Grain size: 0.1-0.5mm
Packaged: 2-20 lb
(9.07 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Premium Live® Aragonite Reef Sand for Aquariums •Collected in its natural environment and packaged in its natural state
(U.S. Patent #'s:6,376,299 & 6,939,708) • Just place in tank, add saltwater (for best results use NutriSeawater®)
then add fish, no waiting required. • Instant ammonia cycling • Perfect for most applications (except Undergravel filters) • Reduces algae growth
Item
#: 20721
UPC: 029904207216
Grain size: 1.0-2.5mm
Packaged: 4 - 8 lb
(3.63 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 32 lbs
14.51 kg Per cs.
Item
#: 10721
UPC: 029904107219
Grain size: 1.0-2.5mm
Packaged: 2-16 lb
(7.26 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 32 lbs
14.51 kg Per cs.
Premium Live® Aragonite Reef Sand for Aquariums •Collected in its natural environment and packaged in its natural state
(U.S. Patent #'s:6,376,299 & 6,939,708) • Just place in tank, add saltwater (for best results use NutriSeawater®)
then add fish, no waiting required. • Instant ammonia cycling • Perfect for most applications (except Undergravel filters) • Reduces algae growth
Item
#: 20801
UPC: 029904208015
Grain size: 0.5-1.7mm
Packaged: 4 - 10 lb
(4.54 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Item
#: 10801
UPC: 029904108018
Grain size: 0.5-1.7mm
Packaged: 2-20 lb
(9.07 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Premium Live® Aragonite Reef Sand for Aquariums •Collected in its natural environment and packaged in its natural state
(U.S. Patent #'s:6,376,299 & 6,939,708) • Just place in tank, add saltwater (for best results use NutriSeawater®)
then add fish, no waiting required. • Instant ammonia cycling • Perfect for most applications (except Undergravel filters) • Reduces algae growth
Item
#: 20781
UPC: 029904207810
Grain size: 0.5-1.7mm
Packaged: 4 - 10 lb
(4.54 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Item
#: 10781
UPC: 029904107813
Grain size: 0.5-1.7mm
Packaged: 2-20 lb
(9.07 kg) Bgs/cs.
Net Weight: 40 lbs
18.14 kg Per cs.
Rapid
Cycling of Organic Compounds in the
Newly
Established Aquarium:
In the
beginning of a newly established aquarium, waste
products can quickly build up to toxic levels.
Introducing fish, plants, and food to your
aquarium begins a natural process called “Biochemical Cycling” which is exemplified
by the nitrogen cycle.
The process begins when
fish and invertebrates excrete waste which is
added to the ammonia produced by decaying food
and organic compounds. The more sources of fish
waste, the quicker and greater the ammonia
problem. Harmful ammonia and
nitrite are constantly converted into less
harmful nitrates, which in turn is used by
plants and algae for food. An aquarium is full
of both autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria
that want nothing more than to attach, grow, and
form BIOFILMS where the bacteria convert toxic
nitrogenous compounds and ammonia into harmless
products.
Nature provides many
types of bacteria that in the presence of oxygen
carry out the oxidation of ammonia to nitrites
and eventually to nitrates in a process known as
nitrification. First, bacteria settle on
aragonite (reef sand) where they grow into
colonies and eventually form a BIOFILM. Marine
nitrifying bacteria in the biofilm oxidize
ammonia to nitrite. Then other bacterial species
further oxidize nitrite to nitrate. Nitrate not
utilized by plants is removed by other bacteria
in the absence of oxygen (the anaerobic
environment found in the lower levels of the
sediment) in a process called denitrification.
These bacteria are not harmful and are quite
abundant in nature. However, three conditions
are required for this process to occur:
1. A surface upon
which bacteria can attach, grow, and form
BIOFILM.
2. Ammonia as the substrate to start the process.
3. An aerobic environment.
When you start a new aquarium with dry sand or gravel, colonies or beneficial bacteria have not yet had the chance to attach to a surface and grow. For aperiod of several weeks this presents avery hazardous environemnt for your fish. One has to gradually build up the source of ammonia (i.e., start with only one or two small fish) to allow time for the beneficial bacteria to grow and form a BIOFILM.
Now with Nature’s Ocean
Bio-Activ ™ Live Aragonite Reef Sand, there is
no waiting period or delay while waiting for
bacteria to establish themselves. Both
autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria required
for rapid cycling of the aquarium are already in
their natural state - a BIOFILM on the sand
particles. Nature’s Ocean Bio-Activ ™ Live
Aragonite Reef Sand is fortified with a patented
enrichment solution, QX-23™, which keeps the
bacteria alive, primed and ready to cycle
harmful metabolic end products the moment it is
added to your aquarium. Each pound of Nature’s
Ocean Bio-Activ ™ Live Aragonite Reef Sand
contains more than 10 million live bacteria per
pound in
naturally-formed biofilms ready to biochemically
cycle your aquarium and rapidly provide a
healthy environment.
For
Best Results Use as Follows: Use a minimum of 1 pound of Bio-Activ Live® Aragonite per gallon of saltwater.
Setup
filtering system and allow it to circulate
Use a minimum of 1 pound of Bio-Activ Live® Aragonite per gallon of saltwater.
UNITED
STATES PATENT AWARDED TO NATURE’S OCEAN® BIO-ACTIV LIVE®
ARAGONITE REEF SAND
FOR AN INSTANT CYCLING® LIVE AQUARIUM SAND PRODUCT
United Sates Patent No. 6,376,229issued on April 23, 2002 for a new method of
preserving marine
bacteria. Using the patented method
Nature’s Ocean® harvests and packages live sand with an optimal
amount of water and air in retail packaging
specifically dimensioned and configured for
maintaining
ammonia oxidizing bacteria in a state wherein
the bacteria are capable of metabolic and
physiologic
activity in excess of twelve months at room
temperature. When introduced into an aquarium
Nature’s
Ocean® Bio-Activ Live® Aragonite Reef Sand instantly begins the cycling
process which provides an
optimal environment for marine life.
Benefits of
Nature’s Ocean’s PATENTED Bio-Activ Live®
Aragonite Aquarium Sand:
√
Contains natural live marine bacterial
biofilm (not a synthetic biofilm as used by others)
√
Provides instant biochemical cycling of
an aquarium upon introduction
√
Natural undisturbed grain sizes as found
in the ocean which provides an
optimal environment for marine bacteria (separated grades are artificially processed and cannot generate a healthy marine environment for many
weeks)
√
Patented QX-23® saltwater enrichment solution for
maintaining metabolic and physiologic activity of ammonia oxidizing marine bacteria in
retail packaging
√
Superior to cultured live sand products
ONLY NATURE’S
OCEAN® OFFERS LIVE ARAGONITE PACKAGED
ACCORDING TO THE PATENTED METHOD. NO WAITING… JUST ADD FISH! ®
United States Patent No. 6,939,708 issued on September 6, 2005, titled METHOD OF
RAPRID BIO-
CYCLING OF AN AQUARIUM,discloses and claims a
method for rapid cycling a marine aquarium using
sand harvested from a submerged marine
environment and packaged with specific ratios of
water and
air in an environment and packaged with specific
ratios of water and air in the environment
wherein the
marine microorganisms remain biologically and physiologically viable for
extended periods of time.
Preserving natural marine bacteria biofilm and
subsequently introducing the marine bacteria
into an
aquarium in accordance with the teachings of
‘708 Patent provides aquarium owners with the
ability to
substantially reduce aquarium set-up time rapid
biochemical cycling.
