Nualgi Lakes
Rapid Water Column Nutrient Reduction
Diatoms are one of the reasons life emerged from the swamp. Millions of years ago when the
oceans subsided, land masses emerged, and runoff started to carry granite and silica into the
oceans, a microscopic life-form emerged that scientists consider to be a fundamental building
block of life itself – the diatom.
Diatoms are microscopic food power cells (phytoplankton) that convert carbon dioxide, nitrogen
and phosphorus into dissolved oxygen and oxygen rich organic compounds and zooplankton
which result in a healthy ecosystem and ultimately a thriving fish population. They play a
dynamic role in nutrient conversion and regulation of ecosystems.
How Diatoms Benefit a Water Body
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Diatoms out-compete less desirable forms of algae for nutrients in the water reducing
harmful blue-green algae and filamentous algae.
Diatoms are the primary food source at the base of the fish food chain. Grow
diatoms, Grow fish! When nutrients go into the fish food chain, they are unavailable
to weeds and algae.
Diatoms increase dissolved oxygen in the water and at the sediment boundary!
Produce more oxygen in their life cycle than they consume. Scientific study confirms
that diatoms are the single largest primary producers of oxygen for the planet earth!
The problem is that they are boom-and-bust in nature. When diatom population is high, nutrients
are converted to fish food. When diatom population is low, nitrogen that would normally be
converted to dissolved oxygen, phytoplankton, and zooplankton and released as CO2 gas in the
atmosphere is instead utilized by explosive weed growth and toxic blue-green algae
(cyanotoxin). Diatom diminishment typically happens in mid-summer. The “bust” happens
when the supply of silica, iron and other micronutrients fail. Diatoms need all these inputs.
Nualgi Lakes Diatom Regeneration Eliminates the Boom-Bust Cycle
As part of our ongoing Biological Acceleration research and technology we’re deploying a nanosilica based micro-nutrient formulation developed for CLEAN-FL that’s proven to stimulate,
regulate, and sustain continual diatom growth. One year after initial treatment in one of our
highly distressed urban-environment freshwater bodies we’re seeing the development of higher
order complex siliceous diatom species that are indicative of extremely high water quality
environments (oligotrophic).
Results of our Testing
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Nualgi Lakes has proven capable of stimulating diatom growth in a wide variety of water
bodies from urban ponds to natural lakes and everything in-between.
Nualgi Lakes has been proven to increase zooplankton populations within 7 to 10 days of
application. Zooplankton feed on diatoms and fish feed on zooplankton.
Nualgi Lakes has been proven to raise dissolved oxygen at the sediment interface. This
increases organic muck reduction of the “compost pile” at the bottom of the lake.