UNITED STATES PATENT AWARDED TO NATURE’S OCEAN®
BIO-ACTIV LIVE® ARAGONITE REEF SAND FOR AN INSTANT CYCLING® LIVE SAND PRODUCT
 
United States Patent No. 6,376,229 issued 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.
 
United States Patent No. 6,939,708 issued on September 6, 2005, titled METHOD OF RAPID 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 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 the ’708 Patent provides aquarium owners with the ability to substantially reduce aquarium set-up time by rapid biochemical cycling.
 

Benefits of Nature’s Ocean’s PATENTED
Bio-Activ Live® Aragonite:
The Only Patented All Natural Live Sand Product In The World. Instant Cycling® Guaranteed!
 
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® solution for maintaining metabolic and physiologic activity of ammonia oxidizing marine bacteria in retail packaging
 
Superior to cultured live sand products
 



 

Awarded 2 U.S. Patents
#6,376,229       #6,939,708

ONLY NATURE’S OCEAN® OFFERS LIVE ARAGONITE PACKAGED
ACCORDING TO THE PATENTED METHOD.
NO WAITING... JUST ADD FISH!®
 

The success of this product has been established by the fact that millions of pounds of Nature’s Ocean®
Bio-Activ Live® Aragonite Reef Sand have been sold to professional and amateur marine aquarists around the world. Many unsolicited testimonials have proved that Nature’s Ocean® Bio-Activ Live® Aragonite Reef Sand initiates cycling of the aquarium instantly and allows the same day addition of live rock, corals and fish.
 
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Website: www.naturesocean.com • Email: sales@naturesocean.com
 

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