NovAqua

Kordon's NovAqua® is the original fresh and saltwater conditioner product developed scientifically over 30 years ago, based on original research on the needs for detoxifying tap water to be used in aquariums and ponds for fish, aquatic animals, and aquatic plant keeping.  It also provides skin protection to fishes. 

NovAqua provides a protective colloid coating on a fish's body when the natural slime has been removed due to injury, disease or rough handling. The coating acts like an invisible bandage, providing a barrier against serious loss of internal fluids and electrolytes and protects damaged areas of the body against external toxins and disease causing organisms.

NovAqua aids in concentrating certain drugs and antibacterials at the diseased or damaged site. 

NovAqua detoxifies heavy metals and is capable of eliminating free copper ions from solution. 

NovAqua contains cations and anions that are required by freshwater fishes. Freshwater fishes remove these ions from water via the gills.  The need by fish for these ions is increased during times of stress. 

NovAqua also neutralizes chlorine (free and combined). Its buffering action is designed to assist aquatic organisms in adapting to new environments and to prevent pH shock.

The Advantages of Using NovAqua are:

Provides a protective colloid coating on the fish's body that repels viruses and bacteria
NovAqua utilizes a unique system for supplying fishes with a protective synthetic film "slime coating" which forms rapidly on damaged areas. As the fish recovers, the natural slime layer is replaced and the synthetic coat is sloughed off the fish's body. The action of NovAqua results in a "bandaging effect" on the body of the fish. The action of this coat provides a barrier against serious loss of internal fluids and electrolytes and protects damaged areas of the body against external toxins and disease causing organisms. NovAqua also aids in concentrating certain drugs and antibacterials at the diseased or damaged site.  

Neutralizes chlorine, iodine and chloramine
NovAqua contains a two-component system which neutralizes free and combined chlorine (chloramine) and iodine in water. NovAqua is designed to neutralize up to 3.75 ppm of chlorine (free and combined). As a dechlorinator alone, NovAqua out-performs the majority of the best selling dechlorinators on the market.  In turn, it is outperformed by Kordon's NovAqua Plus which dechlorinates 6.0 ppm of chlorine (free and combined).  

Buffers Fresh water
NovAqua contains a high capacity buffering system that is active in fresh water. This system buffers fresh water away from extreme fluctuations in pH as the water is exposed to the air, rapidly changing in pH as carbon dioxide is released from the water and oxygen is absorbed into the water.   This temporary buffering action is designed to assist aquatic organisms in adapting to new environments and to prevent pH shock.  After the temporary buffering the water stabilizes at its natural pH level.

Detoxifies Heavy Metals
Including copper, zinc, iron, brass, bronze, lead, and arsenic.  NovAqua detoxifies heavy metals that even in low concentrations can be toxic to many aquatic organisms. Toxic metal ions in water can come from various sources including home plumbing, medications, lead placed in the aquarium, etc. The detoxifying process of NovAqua precipitates the metal ions into harmless compounds rather than chelating them. NovAqua is fully capable of precipitating free copper ions (Cu++) from solution, up to 1.17 ppm. NovAqua forms a unique insoluble, polymeric salt with heavy metals that is stable under conditions of both high and low pH. This is a notable advantage over other products that rely strictly upon the chelating process. Such chelates are unstable, pH dependent, and can exchange their "bound" metal ion for another, releasing toxic ions into the water. 

Increases Available Electrolytes
NovAqua contains elements (cations and anions) that are required by freshwater fishes. Marine fishes obtain their required ions by "drinking seawater", however, freshwater fishes do not. Freshwater fishes selectively remove required ions from water via the gills. The need for certain ions is increased during times of stress. NovAqua provides the electrolytes needed during periods of damage and shock in freshwater fishes.  This is particularly important in "soft water" low in elements, and other water sources that are essentially just hydrogen dioxide, such as some bottled waters, RO (reverse osmosis) water, distilled water, DI (dionized) water.  NovAqua makes it possible to use these water sources for fresh water without undue stress on the fishes and other aquatic organisms.

Reduces Toxicity of Nitrite
Novaqua's special ingredients help reduce the toxic effects of nitrite by blocking the uptake of nitrite by the animal.  To detoxify all of the toxic nitrogen compounds, including nitrites and nitrates, the use of Kordon's AmQuel Plus is recommended.