FEBICO

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1. Largest microalgae supplier in Asia
FEBICO has a 140,000 m2 manufacturing site with over 60 microalgae culture ponds in beautiful Ping-Tung County at southern Taiwan. With our proprietary technology, our yearly production capacity can reach more than 1,000 tons microalgae. Our clients are located mostly in Japan, Europe, and US. FEBICO’s mission is to provide quality microalgae products to serve public’s nutritional, cosmetic, and biomedical needs.

2. Microalgae cultivated in an unpolluted, native environment
FEBICO’s microalgae is cultivated in pure mountain spring water from Mt. Da-Wu. It is located in an environmentally unpolluted area submerged with constant sunlight. Yearly average temperature is around 25?. It is the most beautiful and ideal site for Spirulina and Chlorella cultivation.

3. Multiple certifications attributed from professional research team.
Organic Chlorella and Spirulina certified by USDA National Organic Program (NOP), Naturland (an IFOAM accredited association), Halal Certificate, and Chinese Organic Agribusiness Association (C.O.A.A)
Our production facility is certified by HACCP, ISO 22000, and GMP.
Research ability is accredited by multiple patents in Taiwan (chlorella cracked cell wall) and US patent.

4. High-valued biotechnology company
Through years of research experiences and investment, FEBICO has extracted a natural substance Apogen to effectively prevent infections and replication of enterovirus 71 and influenza A, B. Studies has published in the Journal of Medical Virology 70:119-125 (2003) and approved by US patent (US6346408) in 2001. A complete series of Flogen phycobiliproteins, for In Vitro diagnostic use.

Source: http://www.febico.com/index_en.html

Optimum Choices – Offering Healthy Choices for People and Pets

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Optimum Choices is a trusted (founded 2002) resource for people and pets offering valuable holistic health information. They are offering many products based on algae such asbio algae concentrates. Bio-algae concentrates (BAC) is a generic name used by Dr. Michael Kiriac to denote any blend of nurtured algae (such as blue-green algae, Spirulina, chlorella, etc.). Dr. Kiriac researched over 1,000 different algae and actually used over 65 algae species in many different bio-algae concentrates (BAC), in over 25 years of animal research in the former Soviet Union. Dr. Kiriac experimented on over 20 different species of animals trying to address cancer in animals. Dr. Kiriac finally invented a specific bio-algae concentrate,pigs dead from cancer containing the four microalgae Spirulina pacifica, Spirulina platensis, Dunaliella salina and astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis, that did stop the ongoing epidemic of cancer in controlled trials in their chickens, mink, pigs and cows. Dr. Kiriac has since immigrated to Canada and his company, BioNutrition, manufactures two bio-algae concentrate products called BioSuperfood and BioPreparation.

Source and Shop URL: http://www.optimumchoices.com/

Fluid Imaging Technologies

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Fluid Imaging produces industry-leading particle analysis instrumentation based upon digital imaging technology. The FlowCAM®, first manufactured in 1999, was the first automated particle analysis instrument to use digital imaging for measuring size and shape of microscopic particles in a fluid medium. Since that time, we have continued to lead the way in the use of this emerging technology. With applications in oceanographic research, municipal water, pharmaceutical formulations, chemicals, biofuels and many other markets, we continue to lead the way in imaging particle analysis.

Source: http://www.fluidimaging.com/

Algae Control in Aquarium

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I found a small beginner’s guide for those, who decided or have algae in their aquarium and i have also created a new category for this called Aquarium Algae.

Not all algae in the aquarium is necessarily ‘bad’ – a certain amount is inevitable where there is water, light and nutrients. However, some types of algae are certainly a nuisance, if for no other reason than looking unsightly.

The control or prevention of different algae types is primarily about nutrient control, and the amount of light. There are therefore some general guidelines which can be followed to help minimise algae:

Avoid direct sunlight falling on the tank, especially for prolonged periods. Unfortunately, despite the pleasant rippling light effects provided by sunlight, the rich lighting spectrum of the sun is likely to mean a constant battle against algae in most setups.
Do not leave lighting on for more than 10-12 hours a day. Longer periods are likely to favour algal growth, rather than promote plant growth.
Minimise nutrient levels with frequent water changes.

In particular, it may help to keep nitrates, phosphates and silicates low if you have a persistant problem – either by the use of reverse osmosis (RO) or deionised (DI) water, or specific adsorption resins (e.g. API Phos-Zorb). However, note that although high levels of such nutrients may encourage algae, it is not generally possible to completely eliminate algae by attempting to reduce them, as algae can survive at levels below those which can be measured by a hobbyist test kit.

Consider adding algae eating fish if appropriate to the setup. These include: suckermouth catfish (e.g. Ancistrus, Peckoltia and Otocinclus species), the Siamese Algae Eater (Crossocheilus siamensis) and mollies.
Note that in planted tanks (which is not really the same as tanks with a few plants in!), the most effective way to control algae growth is to plant heavily and promote vigorous plant growth of several different species, to out-compete the algae for nutrients. The management of a planted aquarium is beyond the scope of this article, and will be the subject of a future article, but an important nutrient with regard to plant versus algae growth in a planted tank is Iron, and controlling levels of this nutrient is likely to be important.

The taxonomy of algae and related organisms is complex, but for the purpose of identification in the aquarium, they can be conveniently grouped into the following:

  1. “Brown algae” (Diatoms)
  2. Green algae
  3. Red/Brush algae
  4. “Blue-green algae” (Cyanobacteria)

More details you will find here ( Source ): http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/algae.htm