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          Filter systems: the “Clear Water” guarantee




          UBBINK® has developed a unique know-how and turnkey solutions to maintain the bio-
          logical balances by limiting the problems due to the entrophisation of water pools and
          ponds.
          This is why UBBINK® gives the “Clear Water” guarantee on all these filter systems.





       The issues                                              UBBINK® answers



        The illustration of the biological balance cycle of a pool or pond   Product solutions
        and the factors that can influence poor quality water: entrophi-
        sation.
                                                                 UBBINK® offers, depending on the nature of the pond, its volume
                                                                 of water, the presence of plant beds and/or the fish population,
        The cycle of the biological balance of a pond            the right solution by opting for a filtration system that includes,
                                                                 in addition to a pump and an ultraviolet radiation (UVC) device, a
                                                                 filter providing biomechanical purification of the type:


                                                                 ✓  For submerged filters:
                                                                    PowerClear®                BioPure®
                                                                     5000 et 9000                 2000

              Organic substances
             such as remains of food,
            fish excretion, dead plants,
               sunken foliage


                                                                 ✓  For pressure filters:
                                            Broken down
                                           by bacteria into
                                          protein components       BioPressure® II
                                                                     3000 à 18000
           NO3: Plant nutrient, harmless to fish


                                                                  ✓  For bank filters:
                                                                 FiltraPure® FiltraClear®          BioClear®
              Nitrate NO 3  Oxygen-rich conditions  Ammonium/     2000 à 7000     2500 à 8000     20000 à 60000
                                            ammonia
                       Nitrification process:  NH /NH 4
                                             3
                       via the intermediate
                        stage of nitrite,
                    the plant nutrient of nitrate is created
                            Nitrite NO 2


                      Oxygen-poor conditions
                     Interruption of the nitrification process,  Nitrogen  ✓  For modular bank filters:
                      nitrite is no longer broken down  NO, N O, N 2
                                              2
                                                                                 Filtramax®
                                                                                 9000 et 12500
        The different factors influencing water of
        poor quality:
        ✓  The odour problem induced by sunshine on the upper pool for
          5-6 hours per day.
        ✓  Silting up of the pond aggravated by too much foliage at the
          bottom of the pond making the decomposition of organic mat-
          ter difficult                                           The UBBINK®
        ✓  Loss of transparency due to the presence of too many fish in   symbols:
          the pond..
        ✓  Depth of the pond being too low.



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