Ayah I Wayan Aman
Email : wynaman@gmail.com
I am a user of Medion products, Egg Stimulant, Strong Egg, Vita Stress, and others. I give these vitamins through a pipe using nipple drinker at the farm broiler me. Why does the sediment from the rest of the vitamins sometimes make the water smell and form biofilm? How to deal with it?
Answer:
Thank you Mr. Wayan, for the question. Biofilm is a kind of layer of mucus and Moss attached to the surface of drinking places, reservoirs/tubs, and water pipes that become a place of growth and development of pathogenic microbes such as bacteria E. Coli infection (causes colibacillosis). If not addressed immediately, the growth biofilm this over time can lead to clogging of the water flow.
In addition to containing pathogenic microbes, biofilm also composed of organic materials dissolved in water and slime which is a layer of mucus. In general, the formation of biofilms in drinking water pipes (or other surface objects) can be triggered by several things such as pipes exposed to solar heat continuously, the residual use of antibiotics or vitamins through drinking water that is not cleaned, hanging water pipes, etc.
Biofilm acts as a defense mechanism for pathogenic bacteria by increasing resistance to scours that can sweep away cells that are not attached, penetrating or compounds such as antibiotics and vitamins. Chemically, biofilm able to fortify bacteria from the penetration of compounds that are toxic to them. That is why the formation of this biofilm can later cause the action of providing antiseptics in drinking water to be not optimal. So smelly water is also the impact of bacterial growth in biofilm.
Taking into account the above problems, cleaning should already be done biofilm periodically. Biofilm itself can only be removed by physical treatment such as by pipe cleaning using cloth-Fed wire ends or flushing. Flushing it is an easy and effective way to use, namely by cleaning drinking water pipes using high pressure water (about 1.5 – 3 bar) or with a water spraying rate of 1 minute every 30 meters of paralon pipe. Flushing can be done routinely, especially after giving antibiotics, vitamins, and vaccines through drinking water.
Before it is done flushing we recommend that the water pipe be emptied first until there is no remaining water. Action flushing it will be optimal if previously the inside of the pipe is soaked with lifting material biofilm such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) so that the biofilm can be lifted / detached. To make a solution of H2O2, a total of 20-30 ml of liquid H2O2 Pure is mixed with 1 liter of water. Solution H2O2 it is then dissolved into a reservoir/reservoir of water and drained to the end of the pipes leading to the drinking place or nipple drinker. After that, it is allowed to stand for at least 2-3 hours, and then rinsed with pressurized water or flushing. In Addition To H2O2, can also use other materials such as citric acid at a dose of 3 grams/liter or vinegar acid at a dose of 8 ml/liter which was allowed to stand for 1 hour.
When will be done flushing, while the water pipeline can not be used to flow Drinking Water to the chicken nipple drinker. Therefore, so that the chicken is not thirsty, you should prepare a manual drinking place at night when the consumption of chicken drink a little, or method flushing this is done when the cage is empty.
