Artificial seawater with anti-pathogen properties for fish farms and aquariums

Abstract

A formula, APSW (Anti Pathogen Seawater), for preparing seawater for fish farms and aquariums that contains some or all the normal ingredients of sea salt with the exception of having low or no sulfates. Testing by the applicant has revealed that sea water without sulfates eliminates amyloodiniosis (Amyloodinium ocellatum), one of the most serious diseases of warm water marine fish. By reducing or eliminating sulfate from seawater, the invention may also prevent or provide treatment for other ectoparasites on aquatic animals, treat noxious dinoflagellates, treat bacterial diseases of marine animals, slow the growth or reduce the levels of microbes or parasites in shellfish, “starve” pathogenic bacteria, treat water-borne infectious diseases, prevent the formation of “off flavor” and prevent the formation of hydrogen sulfide.

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