Nature's Ocean Aquarium Sand:
• 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.
Nature's Ocean® Aquarium Sand:
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.
Nature's Ocean® Aquarium Sand:
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.
Nature's Ocean® Aquarium Sand:
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.
Nature's Ocean® Aquarium Sand:
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 undergravel filter • 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.
Nature's Ocean® Aquarium Sand:
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.
Nature's Ocean® Aquarium Sand:
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
During the first month, introduce no more than 1 inch of fish per 5 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.
1-Question. What is Nature’s Ocean Live Aquarium Sand?
Answer: Nature’s Ocean® Bio-Activ Live™ Aragonite Live Aquarium Sand is
naturally derived from the ocean.
Its Live
Sand formula has a reputation for eliminating the final
traces of nitrates. It is used to
remove toxic wastes
from saltwater aquarium tanks. Live sand helps speed the
natural nitrogen
cycle of aquariums thereby allowing
faster introduction of livestock. Back To TopPrint Page
2-Question. What is the difference between Reef Sand and Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand?
Answer:Reef
Sand is live sand when it is on the bottom of the ocean
floor, it is here where the
reef sand is alive. When the
Reef Sand has been out of the seawater for a period of
time and
exposed to the airborne elements it is considered
to be dead sand. (lacking nitrifying bacteria) Back To TopPrint Page
3-How
is it used? Answer:Nature’s
Ocean® Bio-Activ Live™ Aragonite Live Sand is preferred by saltwater aquarists as
a natural biological
filtration source, but can be used for many other purposes
such as adding it to a
tank as a shallow or deep sand bed to
using it in combination with live rocks and aquarium plants. Use
a minimum of 1lb Bio-Activ Live Aragonite Live
Sand per gallon of saltwater. Set up an appropriate
filtering system and allow it to circulate. During the
first month introduce no more than 1” of fish per 5
gallon
saltwater. Back To TopPrint Page
4-Question. What are the benefits of using Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand?
Answer: Some
advantages of including Live Sand in the reef aquarium are:
·Instantly
starts the cycling process to help stabilize your aquarium to
more quickly add livestock.
·Maintains
proper ph levels
·Reduces
harmful nitrate
·It also
provides refuge for those fish that bury in the substrate and
invertebrates that hide and ----- reproduce in the sand.
·The
light color of the sand reflects light off the aquarium bottom
and makes the tank look brighter. Back To TopPrint Page
5-Question. What are the essential elements of Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand?
Answer: The
essential elements are as follows: Zinc Sulphate, Calcium
Chloride, Manganese Chloride,
Cobalt Chloride, Copper Sulphate,
Sodium Molybdate, Strontium Chloride, Nickel Chloride, Potassium
Bromide. Back To TopPrint Page
6-Question. Where does Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand come from?
Answer: Live
sand comes from the bottom of the ocean floor.It varies in its composition depending on
where it was collected,
but it usually consists of coral sand that is pulverized and
eroded pieces of
coral. Some of the sand around coral reefs is
the result of the feeding activity of parrot fish. These
fish
scrape the coral surfaces with their hard beaks to get at algae
and then crush the calcareous
material into fine particles. The
parrot fish excrete this indigestible debris in big clouds and
the
resulting material ends up on the sea floor. Live Sand is
harvested responsibly and is not dangerous to
the long term
health of any reef worldwide. Back To TopPrint Page
8-Question. Who uses Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand?
Answer: Every marine aquarist who wishes to set up a natural
biological filter will use Nature’s Ocean®
Bio-Activ Live™ Aragonite Live Aquarium Sand and Reef Substrates. It is also used by saltwater
fish farms,
saltwater shrimp farms and saltwater lobster
farms. Back To TopPrint Page
9-Question. What
colors does it come in?
Answer: We
carry a wide range of substrate color selections such as
Samoa Pink to Australian Gold. Go to our Live Sand link to see the different colors that are
offered: www.livesand.com Back To TopPrint Page
Answer: It is normally used at a rate of 10lbs per square foot of the
tank floor's bottom area which
yields about a 1" deep covering.
Depending on your needs or preferences the depth may vary from
1/8" to 3"s of covering. Back To TopPrint Page
12-Question. How do you know if you are getting Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand or dead sand?
Answer: A
quality Live Sand product will always have an expiration
date to ensure that you are
getting only the best and
freshest product. Always insure that you are getting good
quality Live Sand
by purchasing it from a reputable supplier click on the link to find one near you. Back To TopPrint Page
13-Question. How do I maintain the Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand?
Answer: When using a Live Sand substrate bottom, you should
include several creatures that will
turn-over, or move the
sand around. Some recommendations include: Brittle
Starfish, Serpent Starfish,
Sea Cucumbers and other detritivores; the more different
types of detritivores the better, since each
creature
moves the sand around differently. Back To TopPrint Page
14-Question. How
long will the Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand last?
Answer: As
long as the Live Sand stays wet with our special
formulated Nutri-Seawater liquid, Nutri-
Seawater will keep the
organisms in the sand alive. Our Live Sand has a shelf
life of 12 months. Back To TopPrint Page
15-What should you do with
the liquid in the Natures' Ocean Live Sand package?
Answer: When
Nature’s Ocean Live Sand product is used we recommend that
you also pour the Nutri-
Seawater liquid that is in the package
into your aquarium tank, this liquid is used to help
preserve the Live Sand in storage and will help with the
instant cycling of your fish tank. Back To TopPrint Page
16-What are some other
recommended products for my saltwater fish tank?
Answer: Nutri-SeaWater® can be added to existing Synthetic Saltwater Aquariums to
provide the
missing natural Live heterotrophic marine
bacteria, natural trace elements and natural critical
nutrients
needed "For a Healthier Aquarium"®.To find out more information click this link: www.nutriseawater.com Back To TopPrint Page
17-Does
Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand cause algae problems?
Answer: Nature’s Ocean Live Sand does not cause any nuisance algae
since the product is sealed upon harvesting and properly
preserved till it is used in your aquarium. Back To Top Print Page
18-Will
Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand cloud my aquarium?
Answer: A
short term cloudiness can occur after you first fill up
your aquarium. This will rapidly clear
up after the
suspended sand settles to the bottom after 4 – 6 hours. Back To Top Print Page
19-Do I still need to do water changes if I use Nature's Ocean Live Aquarium Sand?
Answer: Nothing can replace the good practice of small monthly
water changes (10% - 20%) for your aquarium. An easy way
to do small water changes is using Nutri-SeaWater® Back To Top Print Page
20-Can
I clean my aquarium with a magnet if there is black beach sand
in the tank?
Answer: Yes, when cleaning your aquarium with a magnet scrapper it is
important to be careful not
to get your magnet to close to your
black beach sand. If you pick up some of its magnetite
particles
just simply remove them with your fingers or a cloth. It is important to ensure that all the particles
are
removed to prevent any accidental scratching of the aquarium
walls. You can use a non-
magnetic scraper to remove any algae
that is close to the black beach sand substrate. Back To Top Print Page
21- Why does particles of black beach sand get attracted to
the magnet in the scrapper?
Answer: Black Beach Sand is a 100% all natural product that is composed of
minerals that erode
and collect near beaches. One of black
sands (mineral sands) major mineral components is called
magnetite. Magnetite is a non-water soluble mineral that is
attracted to magnet scrappers. This
mineral is totally inert in
an aquarium environment and has a dark coloration giving black
beach
sand its natural appearance. Back To Top Print Page
