Citric Acid Water Conditioner | Detailed Explanation

Citric acid water conditioners are getting more and more popular. People are familiar with it because of the good effects it brings to the fields of wastewater treatment, aquaculture, etc. Besides, you can also find this substance in the aquatic feed. Why does it have these applications and what else can it do? Let’s find out together!

What is a citric acid water conditioner?

Aquaculturists are very familiar with the word detoxification. Fishery medicine practitioners often emphasize that detoxification should be done after using a disinfectant, putting medicine to kill insects, fish pond lack of oxygen, and even overfeeding. What should we do when there is so much poison that needs to be detoxified? The answer is to detoxify with organic acids.

What is organic acid? Malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, taurine, etc. are all organic acids. Organic acids specialize in degrading heavy metals and toxic substances that exceed ammonia nitrogen and nitrite standards. The main component of most useful organic acid detoxification products is citric acid. Citric acid water conditioners became popular in the production and use of aquaculture and fishery drugs after 2000.

Effects of citric acid water conditioner

Citric acid water conditioners can be applied in aquaculture in two ways. One way is that it acts in the body through feed addition. The other way is that it acts outside the body through water splashing.

Effects of citric acid water conditioner in aquatic feed

1.Acidification

It can enhance the activity of pepsin, trypsin, and other enzymes by increasing the acidity of feed. Enhanced metabolic activity can improve the digestive efficiency of aquatic animals in feed and increase feed returns.

Besides, it can promote the growth of beneficial microorganisms in the digestive tract, allowing them to fully reproduce under suitable conditions. An increase in the number of lactic acid bacteria will take away a large amount of nutrients and space, destroy necessary survival conditions, and cause death. Therefore, it can effectively reduce the proliferation of harmful pathogenic microorganisms in aquatic animals and reduce diseases.

2.Buffering

It has a synergistic effect with other components of feed, reduces the buffering power of proteins, fats, etc. in feed, and facilitates absorption and metabolism. Therefore, it can affect food intake and digestion.

3.Chelate

It not only reduces the pH value of gastrointestinal contents but also chelates with trace elements to synthesize highly stable and biologically effective coordination compounds, which is beneficial for the absorption of trace elements.

4.Inducing feeding

It is a good flavoring agent and can improve the taste and palatability of feed when added to it. Besides, it can directly act on the taste buds of fish and shrimp, enhance their appetite, accelerate their feeding speed, reduce feed loss, and increase their feed intake.

5.Preservation

It can inhibit the proliferation of feed fungi and the production of toxins, and enhance the anti mold effect. Using it in combination with antioxidants can enhance antioxidant activity, delay feed oxidation, enhance feed stability, and extend storage life.

Effects of citric acid water conditioner in aquatic water

1.Detoxify

It can alleviate the toxicity of heavy metals through adsorption, oxidation, or complexation. It can also convert molecular ammonia in aquaculture wastewater into ammonium ions, and then combine with ammonia ions to generate stable ammonium salts, reducing the toxicity of toxic ammonia in water.

2.Balancing

Acid water conditioners can stabilize water quality by adjusting the acidity and alkalinity of the water and buffering and balancing the water.

3.Clean water

It can cause flocculation and sedimentation of suspended particles, organic matter, and other substances in water, increase transparency, improve water quality, and achieve water purification.

4.Remove oil stains

The algae and oil film in the aquaculture pond will quickly disappear after using a citric acid water conditioner.

5.Protect algae

When the water environment is poor, algae can cause poisoning, poor growth, aging, and death. Citric acid water conditioner can quickly detoxify, promote good growth of algae, and maintain algal phase balance.

6.Antibacterial

It can increase intracellular osmotic pressure by dissociating acid ions or hydrogen ions into the bacterial cell membrane. The acidity of the internal environment of bacteria decreases, normal metabolism is disrupted, and eventually even lyses and dies. Therefore, it can indirectly reduce the number of harmful bacteria.

Besides, it can prevent the hardening of sludge during the sedimentation process and promote the aggregation of sludge into large agglomerates. At the same time, it can also reduce the degree of hydrolysis and acidification of surfactants, and reduce sludge production.

Conclusion

This article mainly talks about the applications and effects of citric acid water conditioners. It is very popular in the aquatic feed and ponds. You can trust it with the power to clean water, reduce bacteria, remove oil stains, induce feeding, etc. What an amazing substance it is!