Easy Life is said to have the following effects:
- Clears the water
- Increases the biological filter performance
- Removes harmful bacteria
- Stimulates beneficial bacteria
- Improves oxygen uptake
- Prevents stress
- Prevents fish kills during transport
- Binds heavy metals and drug residues
- Binds chlorine
- Adds essential minerals and trace elements to the water
- Fertilize the plants
- Prevents excessive algae growth
Composition of Easy Life
Easy Life consists mainly of zeolites. The main component is probably clinoptilolite. There is also mordenite and possibly other additives.
Difference to other water conditioners
Other water conditioners contain chelators, e.g. B. EDTA, with which heavy metals such as copper and other pollutants is bound. In the event of an overdose, desirable substances such as iron, manganese, calcium, magnesium, etc. are also bound in the aquarium water. The bound substances and the chelators are dissolved in the water everywhere in the aquarium and in the filter. Because chelating agents such as EDTA are ingested by bacteria, the binding of the pollutants is broken down over time. The pollutants are released back into the aquarium water and may even be more concentrated than originally.
Another mode of operation of water conditioners is to dissolve certain substances. Thus, iron salts are added to convert phosphate to iron phosphate. This is deposited in the aquarium and filter. In the event of an overdose, excess iron will displace other substances from chelate compounds, e.g. B. Manganese.
Easy Life stores the pollutants almost in zeolites, from which they cannot be released again by any currently known effects. The zeolites are deposited as fine sand in the aquarium and remain harmless. In principle, the water can be treated before use in the aquarium. After the zeolites have settled, the cleaned water can be used in the aquarium.
In the nitrogen cycle B. from leftover food or fish droppings ammonium is bound and is not available as a nutrient for the algae. A small amount of bound ammonium can be used by plant roots as a nutrient. Algae have no roots and therefore cannot reach the bound ammonium.
Arguments for Easy Life:
- Easy Life brings hardly any chemical substances into the aquarium.
- Pollutants are bound and deposited with the enveloping zeolites on the substrate and in the filter.
- There are no known bacteria or other processes that break the binding of the pollutants to the zeolites again.
- Pollutants are permanently bound and are no longer released.
- Easy Life cannot be overdosed, since the components, such as the finest sand, are inactive if there are no substances to be bound.
- The zeolites become active as soon as substances to be bound are present.
- Easy Life can also be safely used by beginners.
Arguments against Easy Life:
- Since stress is not only triggered by water values, Easy Life can at most reduce stress, but not prevent it.
- Transport losses are caused by factors that Easy Life cannot change, e.g. B. due to lack of oxygen, temperature fluctuations, excess of carbon dioxide, catching stress, etc.
- Easy Life cannot differentiate between harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria.
- Easy Life only increases the colonization area for bacteria. This positive effect is offset by the fact that the surface can no longer bind substances after colonization by bacteria.
Experiences with Easylive
Previous experiences show that Easy Life clarifies the water and can support the treatment of diseased fish positively, e.g. B. in the wound healing of catfish.