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JBL PROCLEAN BAC
Living cleansing bacteria for immediate aid

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  • For healthy fish and clear, clean aquarium water
  • Use: shake disposable cartridge, open and put entire content into the aquarium. Ideal for 60-200 litres freshwater
  • Always use after: water change, filter cleaning, medication and adding of new fish
  • Breaks down ammonium/ammonia and nitrite. Supports the filter and reduces sludge (dirt on the ground)
  • Package contents: 1 disposable cartridge with 50 ml concentrate of living cleansing bacteria for freshwater aquariums
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Price: 6,75 €
basic price 135 EUR / l
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Bacteria are not always negative organisms! In the soil and in the water, they are among the most important and useful helpers for such activities as removing toxins or converting them into harmless substances. Several JBL bacterial products contain highly concentrated bacterial strains designed for such purposes as converting problematic nitrogen compounds, such as ammonium (NH4), ammonia (NH3) and nitrite into harmless nitrogen compounds (nitrate (NO3) or nitrogen gas (N2)). Live bacterial cultures in JBL products like JBL ProClean Bac, JBL Denitrol, JBL FilterStart and JBL FilterBoost can’t be overdosed! This is because the bacteria may be added in over-concentration, but the survival of the bacteria is linked to the available nutrients. If, for example, a lot of ammonium is present, many bacteria can live on it and reproduce. If there is hardly any ammonium, only a part of the bacteria will survive. Here, supply and demand regulate the amount of bacteria.

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JBL PROCLEAN BAC 50 ml

Art. no.:
2302700
EAN Code:
4014162230270
Content:
50 ml
Range:
60-200 l
Volume packaging:
0.09 l
Gross weight:
63 g
Net weight:
50 g
Weight factor:
0
Packaging dimensions (l/h/w):
25/145/25 mm

Properties

Animal species: Armored catfish, Arowana, Axolotl, Barbels, Bettas, Bichirs/reedfish, Blowfish, Catfish, Cichlids (South America), Clawed frogs, Clawed shrimps, Crayfish, Crustaceans, Danions, Discus, Dwarf crayfish, Dwarf shrimps, Flowerhorn, Gill maggots, Goldfish, Gouramis, Guppy, Juvenile fish, Killifish, Livebearers, Loaches, Mussels, Newts, Panchaxes, Rainbowfish, Snails, Spiny eels, Terrapins, Tetra, Tropical terrapin, Veiltails, Water turtles, blood parrot cichlids, freshwater butterflyfish
Animal size: For all animal sizes
Animal age group: All aquarium fish
Volume habitat: 60-200 L ( 60-100cm)
Material: Various strains of water cleaning bacteria (nitrosomonas, nitrobacter and others) in buffer solution. All bacteria belong to the risk class R1.
Colour: transparent
Dosage: 50ml is sufficient to activate 60-200l aquarium water
Transport conditions: Do not store at temperatures below 0°C or above 40°C; short term transport below 0°C is not a problem and does not affect its functioning.

Electronic label / illuminant

Mercury: No
Dimmable: No

Technical Data

Height:145 mm
Length:25 mm
Width:25 mm
diameter:25 mm
FAQ
High nitrite value - addition of bacteria and effects

When JBL Detoxol is used free ammonium is bound in the water, which provides immediate relief for the fish. This removal of ammonium also prevents any further nitrate from forming. Any nitrite already present is not bound. If you have high nitrite values, carry out a water change beforehand. A subsequent addition of bacteria will help you maintain a sustainable and biological removal of ammonium and nitrite.

What happens, when Denitrol has been dosed and the animals aren’t added until several days later?

If you don’t immediately add your animals, the cleansing bacteria included in Denitrol will quickly die from lack of food. If you wait a few days before adding the animals (against the advice of these instructions) problems will occur with ammonium/ammonia and nitrite. In the end, the bacteria will not be able to develop and will die off due to a lack of food. As a result the ammonium excreted by the fish will not be broken down. Since no bacteria are present to oxidise ammonium into nitrate in two steps, a nitrite peak will occur despite the application. If the first fish are introduced immediately after the addition of Denitrol, the purification bacteria get food and begin to multiply. This is comparable to an unathletic person who starts doing sports and first has to "train up" his fitness. This ensures that there are enough bacteria right from the start and that neither ammonium/ammonia nor nitrite become a problem when more fish are added. Please always increase the fish stock moderately and only after a few days.

If I want to add live bacteria to my aquarium, do I need to switch off the UV-C device?

Yes, this would be useful. The bacteria, as for example in JBL Denitrol or JBL PROCLEAN BAC, need a little time to settle on the substrate. Until then they are floating freely in the water so that the UV-C radiation can kill them off. It is therefore recommendable to switch off the UV-C device for a day.

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Customer reviews

Reviews

Overall rating: 4.9
32 public review(s) for this product.

2 Reviews

nemophilist_scaper
2023-09-07T14:25:27Z

its a nice product to use after your water change. it helps a lot with your filter's biology!

GREEN SLOVAK THERAPY
2022-10-04T18:23:28Z

A very good product for newly established tanks.

25 more reviews in other languages

25 Reviews in other languages

K. Rusch - German
2024-02-13T14:14:03Z

Mein treuer Begleiter,wenns mal wieder schnell gehen & ein neues Aquarium einfahren werden muss. 👌

R. Pech - German
2024-02-13T08:27:12Z

Das JBL Pro Clean Bac, kam bei mir nach dem Filter Wechsel zum Einsatz und was soll ich sagen kein Nitrit kein Ammonium/ Ammoniak, nichts alles wie vor dem Filter Wechsel 🤩. Also von mir definitiv 5 🌟 🤩🤗

freshwaterscapes - Dutch
2023-12-29T10:29:40Z

I add this to a 250L aquarium after every waterchange, to boost microbial life in the tank. It's hard to tell the effect it has when your tank is running smoothly, unitl you have a different tank in which you don't use the product. The water is clearer for longer. But I mainly use this product because I have a layer of mulm in my soil which is susceptible to blue-green algae. With this the problems seem to be gone.

I only want a bigger bottle of this!

LadyDiscus - Polish
2023-11-16T20:58:39Z
AquaBoxOfficial - German
2023-10-17T02:10:10Z

Ich benutze es nach einer Filterreinigung sicher ist sicher es eignet sich auch super bei Neueinrichtungen.

A.Q.U.A.R.I.S.T.I.Komet - German
2023-10-08T19:02:42Z

Ein gutes zusätzliches Produkt, was in Kombination mit dem Filterstarter die ersten wichtigen Bakterien in ihr Aquarium bringt.

scapingmania - German
2023-05-02T14:13:02Z

Für mich der beste Bakterienstarter und in keinem neuen Becken wegzudenken... Ich benutze das zeug IMMER und würde auch kein Becken mehr ohne starten wollen.. Ich kann nach einem Tag schon die verbesserung sehen und testen.. Kein Trübes Wasser, direkt klar

Lg

Scapingmania

K. Buchgeister - German
2023-04-05T20:19:46Z

Sehr gutes Produkt.

Ich hatte schon lange Probleme mit Schwebeteilchen, dank diesem Produkt gehören sie der Vergangenheit an!

Nur zu empfehlen für Kristallklares Wasser und die Fische fühlen sich sichtlich wohler.

A. Gillet - French
2023-02-08T17:13:37Z

Bonjour bon produit je l'utilise dans mes bacs à crevettes et poissons lors du nettoyage des mousses de filtration

S. Kübler - German
2023-02-07T17:34:11Z

Super Produkt. Lässt sich einfach und schnell ins Becken geben. Wird von mir immer zum Neustart eines Beckens genutzt.

P. Hergenröther - German
2023-01-08T19:09:19Z

Ich finde das Produkt klasse. Einfach nach dem Wasserwechsel mit rein schütten. Und bei der gängigen Größe von bis zu 200 Liter Becken kein nach messen nötig. Vielleicht ein bisschen viel Plastik, aber gut. Wird ja auch sonst schwierig es anders zu verpacken.

H. PEKTAŞ - Turkish
2023-01-02T09:21:03Z

Es hat einen sehr praktischen Nutzen! Nach jedem Wasserwechsel gebe ich es ins Aquarium.

STEFANOS DROUGKAS AQUARISTIK ZUBEHÖR - German
2022-12-31T08:00:13Z

A great and really helpful product. Ideal for a new setup(aquarium) if you want to "kick-start" it.

tangelo.shrimps - German
2022-12-08T20:34:26Z
S. Tejera Galindo - Spanish
2022-11-07T16:59:16Z

Lo uso siempre en mis cambios de agua. Totalmente recomendado

https://www.tiktok.com/@acuariomania - Spanish
2022-10-16T15:21:12Z

Lo utilizo casi siempre cuando hago cambios de agua o limpio el filtro en profundidad.

Unterwasserwelt_Bautzen - German
2022-10-10T10:31:10Z

Einfach nur sehr hilfreich.

Schnelle und einfache Dosierung indem man einfach nur die Kappe ab machen muss und dann rein schütten ins Becken.

Aufjedenfall zu empfehlen.

T. Fischer - German
2022-08-25T10:24:53Z

Diese shots sind klasse!

Kappe ab und rein damit!

Da ich Nanobecken habe und ein shot pro Becken zu viel wäre, teile ich den einfach auf. Perfekt wenns schnell gehen muss!

Und die Wirkung ist ebenfalls top!

Findet regelmäßig Anwendung!

Aquascape.boutique - Dutch
2022-06-17T13:47:07Z

The product itself seems to have the right effect. Ideally would still buy the product, if it is sold in bottle. Does it work? Yes it does!

_aqua4you_ - German
2022-04-09T09:18:08Z

Sehr einfache Dosierung. Lässt sich gut im Aquarium verteilen.

Lediglich der Plastikmüll, der durch die kleinen Packungen entsteht ist noch verbesserungs fähig.

malawireef - French
2022-03-20T10:07:42Z

Sehr gutes Produkt, verwende ich oft nach meinem Wasserwechsel.

Aquariuana - German
2022-03-17T10:55:18Z

Sehr gutes Produkt, wird bei mir genutzt nach einer größeren Filterreinigung oder zum Start eines neuen Beckens :)

M. Alparslan - German
2022-02-02T00:19:49Z

Der Pro Clean ist eins meiner Lieblingsprodukte .

Benutze es bei der Filterreinigung oder Neueinrichtung .

Habe festgestellt das Mulm schnell abgebaut wird und das Wasser Kristallklar wird ( Bei mir mit e1500 - 500 L Becken ) ich möchte es nicht mehr missen da nützliche Bakterien für mich das A und O für eine gesunde Wasserqualität ist.

Ragnarshrimps - French
2021-12-13T16:11:22Z

Produits très efficace, même dans mes aquariums à crevettes. Je l'utilise dès que je nettoie les mousses de mes exhausteurs. Serait pratique d'avoir une graduation car mes bacs font 20 litres.

aqua_aktiv - German
2021-06-21T15:04:55Z

Das Produkt selbst bzw die flüssigkeit an sich bekommt von mir 5 sterne es wirkt super ABER ich finde es sehr schade das gerade ein unternehemen was speziel aquarien produkte herstellt so viel plastik in diesem produkt verbraucht wen man sich mal das bild anschaut sieht man die ausmase erst mal https://www.jbl.de/images/container/w470_h282/75945.jpg und da sind gerade mal 1200ml drin und so viel plastik was in den meeren landet ich würde mich freuen wen ihr es in tetra paks machen würdet und die umwelt,Fische so wie die meere würden sich freuen und es ist wieder erneuer bar ;) (vielen dank fürs lesen)

Comment from JBL:

Hallo Yannik,

vielen Dank für deine Anregungen. Hier gehen Konvenienz und Nachhaltigkeit auseinander. Leider sind nicht viele andere Materialien momentan denkbar, denn die Haltbarkeit der Bakterien und die Stabilität müssen erhalten bleiben. Ansonsten funktioniert es nicht.

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