Nanobubble technology: how it works | Alchemal

Summer stratification: a warm, oxygen-rich surface layer sits over a cold, oxygen-poor bottom. Illustration, not to scale.

What are nanobubbles
Oxygen bubbles roughly 2,500 times smaller than a grain of salt: small enough to stay suspended for weeks instead of rising and bursting.
Nanobubbles vs aeration
Your aerator works at the surface, and the problem forms at the bottom. What each one does, and where a fountain still earns its place.
Nanobubbles vs chemicals
Algaecides work as labeled and feed the next bloom anyway. Here is how that cycle runs and what a structural exit looks like.
Muck: dredging vs digestion
Dredging excavates the layer; oxygenation digests the organic part in place over seasons. Which fits depends on what your muck is made of.
The N-Series
One platform sized to your water, from a pond unit that plugs into a standard outlet to lagoon duty. Which unit fits your water, and how to read every number we publish.
How we measure
The methodology behind every number on this site: sensors, stations, calibration, the before/after standard, and the claims ladder itself.
Permits and regulators
Where equipment in natural waters needs a permit, what one state's nanobubble review says, and the application work we carry for you.

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