Superior, Targeted Treatment for Aquaculture
BZT Waste Digester focuses on the break down and digestion of organic solids. The microorganisms used in this product excel at breaking down complex organic compounds and then digesting them, eventually converting them to carbon dioxide and water. This process works for dissolved organic compounds and solids, such as the sludge that accumulates at the bottom of ponds used during culture.
BZT Aquaculture targets water quality issues. It helps control nitrogenous compounds, such as ammonia and nitrite/nitrate, minimizes toxicity issues, and controls phytoplankton densities.
The products are used together and individually depending on the individual farmer’s needs and even individual pond needs. For information on how our products and service help aquaculture operations exceed expectations, please contact us today.
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Sustainability & The Future
United-Tech is proud to belong to the list of innovators that contribute to sustainable practices in manufacturing, production and waste treatment. As the future brings more environmental challenges day by day, we continue our efforts and encourage others to do the same.
If we can help your company, municipality or organization reduce your environmental impact through waste treatment and water treatment, please get in touch. Ultimately, we hope to improve your bottom line while reducing your environmental impact. This is possible with BZT and United-Tech Technical Services.
Sincerely,
Bruce Rich, CIO
United-Tech, Inc.
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White House Encourages Increased Domestic Aquaculture
United-Tech has serviced the aquaculture sector in Southeast Asia and South America (among others) for over a decade. Contact us to learn how BZT can help improve the sustainability and ROI of your domestic aquaculture operations.
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ARTICLE SHARE - "Disturbing surface water can prevent fishkill"
Aeration is important for aquaculture operations, as excess feed, ammonia, increased pathogenic activity and other imbalances related to stocking density take a significant toll on these systems.
Also, setting up a microbe/enzyme based treatment protocol with BZT Aquaculture is essential for significant increases of survivability, as the formula targets toxic compounds NH3, NO2, H2S, outcompetes algae and pathogenic bacteria for nutrients, and eliminates the need for chemical/antibiotic treatments. Also, BZT Aquaculture helps reduce the need for water exchange, which is a sound environmental practice and a financial benefit for aquaculture operations.
This is just one of many solutions United-Tech offers the global community.
Thanks to our twitter friends YSI, Inc., manufacturers of water sampling and monitoring technology, for sharing the link.
(Bruce Rich)
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Springtime Pond Treatment - Prevent Algae Blooms Before they Start
However, with higher temperatures, organic runoff and the increased use of fertilizers come the dreaded algae, driving mad the human caretakers of backyard ponds and water features.
(farm pond exhibiting algae bloom)
Rainwater carries animal waste, fertilizer, agricultural waste, and decomposed material straight into ponds. This concentration of nutrients intensifies the algae population; they’re on a superfood kick, and there’s no stopping photosynthesis. Suddenly, the place is a wreck.
As vegetative life ends, it sinks to the pond bottom, adding to the nutrient reserve for future aquatic growth. This is called “Nutrient Cycling,” a necessary process for maintaining ecological balance. However, a pond with organic overload is like eating every meal at the burger joint – super sized fries and all. It just isn’t healthy, and the life of the pond succumbs to the greed of the algal cells. Silt (the sludge or sediment at the bottom of a pond) builds up to six inches per year, and naturally-occurring bacteria in ponds simply cannot decompose and utilize all of these excess nutrients and organic sediment. So the algae snatch it up instead.
What are the dangers of Algae Bloom?
Algae bloom is an eye sore, and it detracts from the quality and enjoyment of your favorite water feature. If the animals in your farm depend on this pond, they may embrace a “thirst strike” rather than drink the green soup. Milk production and weight gain are seriously affected when animals cannot drink enough water. In addition, fish and other aquatic animals suffer, because more stress is placed on their bodies and their appetite. In the aquaculture industry, a single algae bloom can wipe out an entire harvest if not controlled timely. In a more natural feature, a steady decline in the aesthetic quality of life occurs until the pond is no longer suitable for sustaining life.
How to Prevent Algae Bloom:
A teaspoon of prevention is worth a ton of cure. Preventing organic build-up before it happens is much easier than trying to eliminate algae after the bloom has occurred. Just like brushing your teeth before a big date, a good, healthy pond needs regular hygienic maintenance to attract visitors and live a long, productive life.
In order to “stop” an algae bloom, you must prevent the excessive nutrient and organic build-up in the first place. Starve the algae! Adding highly concentrated, active microbes and digestive enzymes will kick-start the process and help to maintain the proper balance. BZT® Koi & Pond, for instance, promotes faster nutrient depletion in pond water, starves algal cells for their basic nutrients, and maintains aesthetic and recreational values.
It is also important to maintain a proper pH balance (between 6.5-8.0). Simple pH test kits can be purchased from your local pet shop or agricultural store.
Aeration (adding dissolved oxygen) is also necessary in levels of > 2.0 ppm for optimum performance of the BZT® microbes. This can be achieved through various means, depending upon the pond size. Mechanical aeration, wind and wave action, air stones, paddlewheels and waterfalls are some examples.
(same pond, after treatment with BZT® Aquaculture, a United-Tech product specially formulated for large water features)
Prevention of algae bloom is easy, and it’s less time consuming and less expensive than waiting until you have a problem. It’s ok to put off some things, like paying the cable bill or calling the in-laws. But if you have a pond in need of some tender loving care, do the right thing and take preventive measures - before your pond falls prey to the costly, disastrous and messy effects of the Algae bloom.
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