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Biostim [probiotics] range

100% natural probiotics to feed the "good" microbes in your water

Biostim Pellets and Tablets are primarily used for reducing sludge. The products are essentially the same thing, the tablets are just slightly more potent. The pellets/tablets sink to the dam floor and settle in the sludge, dissolving over weeks. This provides life-sustaining resources to populations of “good” microbes so they can eat away at the sludge.

Biostim Powder treats both the water column and floor, making it ideal for clearing organic murkiness from your water and treating sludge. Dropped into your dam in water-soluble bags, the powder saturates the water column before the last of it settles on the dam floor.

Biostim Liquid is ideal for new dams to spike the water and for dams with high amounts of suspended debris, i.e. murky-looking water, but little to no sludge. It is the fastest acting probiotic in the Biostim range. The solution spreads quickly through your entire water column and wakes the microbes up.

Biostim Accelerator is a biocatalyst that speeds up the degradation of dead and rotting weed and algae, making it an ideal companion for use with algaecides or herbicides. Without it, dead rotting material can remain floating in your water for weeks and will often end up on the floor of your dam becoming fertiliser for next season's algae/weed. 

Biostim Booster Blocks are highly concentrated probiotic blocks that can be used in wastewater and areas of super-concentrated nutrient levels. The block is tied to an object where the water is moving fast, e.g. an aerator or at the base of a waterfall. The blocks can last up to 60 days depending on flow rate.

Biostim Pellets

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Biostim Accelerator

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customer story

Algae Reduced by 98% in 11 Weeks Using Biostim

We ran a 3-month trial in a City of Manningham council lake to measure the impact of Biostim probiotics on algae and blue-green algae. Water samples were taken prior to Biostim being used. We then treated the lake with a standard dose of Biostim for 3 months. No other method of treatment was used, e.g. no aerators, chemicals or manual removal took place.

99%

Blue-green algae gone

98%

Algae gone

25%

Nitrogen reduction

57%

Phosphorus reduction

"Since WQS installed the aerator, we've not had a single algae problem. In our smaller ponds that are too small for aerators we used Biostim pellets on their own and have noticed a huge reduction in algae.”

Andy Hart

Horticultural Curator—Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Adelaide

“We had a nutrient-rich stormwater lake that was having continuous problems with algae. We were previously treating the nutrients with a liquid solution that would just end up getting flushed away with the outgoing water. Scott recommended we switch to Biostim pellets which were exactly what we needed.”

Giles Pickard

Environment Project Officer, City of Subiaco

“Visiting ducks and our pet geese were continuously fouling the dam. WQS recommended a number of systems to improve the water quality. We are very happy with our final choice, the windmill aeration system. This combined with the Biostim pellets and liquid are cleaning up the dirty dam. Everything WQS said would happen has happened!”

Greg Lewis

Canterbury, Victoria

“We had an urgent problem—our old irrigation system had blockages from weeds. Our dam was also riddled with black sludge. Scott recommended both aeration and biologicals and within six weeks the dam became so clear I could see to the bottom of it for the first time in years! I was chuffed that we could fix the issue without the use of chemicals.”

Michael Grant

Owner, Grant’s Citrus Farm
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