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Efficient and safe ways to use disinfectants in aquaculture

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Efficient and safe ways to use disinfectants in aquaculture

Different disinfectants can be used for aquaculture disinfection in Australia. Disinfectants are used for cleaning ponds during the early aquaculture early stages, medicated baths before seedlings and prevention of disease in the middle stages and later stages and even maintaining the daily quality of water. The scientific and rational use of aquaculture disinfectants can get rid of or kill pathogens in the water and prevent shrimp and fish diseases.

 

Instructions for using aquaculture disinfectants

According to water sanitiser for aquaculture, using them according to instructions and paying special attention to the precautions mentioned in the instructions is very important. It is important to start by adding enough water to the container and adding the disinfectant to dissolve it. Once it has completely dissolved, you should then sprinkle the disinfectant evenly over the entire pond. You should do it carefully with the sprayer facing the wind direction and starting from downwind.

 

Sprinkling over the pond

You should always avoid direct contact with liquid medicine. If you are using highly irritating drugs such as chlorine, you should avoid taking it for too long at high temperatures. During summer when the temperatures are above 32 degrees Celsius, the duration of spraying of aquaculture disinfectant

 

Twice water disinfectant

You should ensure that the disinfectant is used with the potassium mono persulfate when the surface of the water is large and the depth of water exceeds two meters and the interval disinfection should be used. This means that only half of the medicine should be used for aquaculture disinfection at a time and half of the water surface should be disinfected. You should then use the second medicine at an interval of more than four hours.

 

Remember to strengthen Xu tang after disinfectant

If you want to avoid the use of water disinfectant when the water body or pond is deficient or when the weather deteriorates, the pond is supposed to be patrolled in time after water disinfection and shrimp, fish and water problems should be dealt with in time.

You are forbidden to discharge the water body or pond of the disease. If the water should be changed during the disease then you should ensure the corresponding disinfection spray is used according to the type of disease. The discharge should then be carried out after twenty-four hours of disinfection. If you are dealing with sewage with pathogens from your greenhouse farming then the sewage collection pond is supposed to be set up and properly disinfected for over twenty-four hours before discharge.

 

Disinfecting the whole pond

Aquaculture disinfection in Australia of dead fish is banned. If you want to prevent the spread of pathogens, you should temporarily place a small amount of dead fish in a special time tank. You should then bury the dead fish or you can have it incinerated for a long time. Then, sprinkle trichloro is ocyanuric acid or quicklime into the disinfection pit. You should install a windbreak board at the pit mouth to prevent pathogens from being spread by wind.

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