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The results of using greenwater are significant - reduced mortality and better fish health.
The reasons why greenwater works are not so well proven. Hatchery managers believe
that Greenwater produce these effects:
1. Enhancing visual contrast and light dispersion - i.e. the fish can see better.
This improves food detection and location, and reduces "nose bumping"
syndrome (which leads to bruising and disease). Recent studies indicate that green
is the first color that develops in larval fish eyes which might explain the
enhanced visual contrast.
2. Improved nutrition through direct digestion.
3. Improved nutritional value of live prey (rotifers, brine shrimp, etc.) in the tank
which consume the microalgae.
4. Stabilization of the water quality by removing metabolic products and
producing oxygen.
In outdoor ponds there is an additional benefit of Greenwater for reducing sunlight. Many
animals prefer to live in a darker environment and do not do well in bright, clean water.
Greenwater is used to darken the water which reduces the stress and mortality of the
animals.
Instant Algae has been used for Greenwater in hatcheries and aquariums around the
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world. Although the cells are not live they stay well suspended in the water column with
minimal circulation. Instant Algae microalgae provides all the listed benefits of
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Greenwater except the last (#4 - producing oxygen) which can only be done by using live
algae.
Dosage: Greenwater using Nannochloropsis is often applied at 30 million cells / ml. For
each 1000 liters of greenwater you will need 11 ml's per day. The algae should be divided
and applied several times during the day as it will be constantly consumed by rotifers.
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