For anyone interested, AES is hosting a webinar Thursday Oct. 8th at 4pm ET/1PM PT on the topic, “Bioclarifier or biofilter? Know how to keep your biofilm thin” and you can register for free here:
Description:
Floating bead bioclarifiers use a static bed to capture solids while utilizing the media’s surface remove dissolved compounds fixed film biofiltration.
When properly managed these units are capable of concurrently controlling suspended solids, dissolved organics and nitrifying in a single step and thus offer a means of simplifying, stabilizing, and reducing costs associated with maintaining RAS water quality.
But how do they work? Why are they different from a other fixed-film biofilters.
This webinar takes a close look at biofilms and how to optimize biofiltration in the regime of very light loading though the most heavily loading regime typically associated with commercial grow-out operations through three presentations:
Dr. Aheili Mukerji (Department of Biology, LSU) will be presenting a magnified view of biofilms while discussing the new biotechnology tools now available.
Dr. Marlon Greensword will discuss how bead filters are sized for hatchery applications examine how to size systems as ammonia approaches zero across a range of pH with very thin
films.
Dr. Ron Malone, (Aquaculture Systems Technologies) will discuss the subtleties of bead design, bead design, backwash frequency and bead design that permit bioclarification in the heaviest loaded fish systems.