Aquarium – a whole underwater world that pleases both adults and children. If you decide to acquire such beauty, then you need to choose a place for the aquarium in advance.
Aquarium
Handy aquarium tips
Ammonia Ammonium
What is ammonia?
Ammonia (NH3) is the most toxic nitrogenous compound formed in an aquarium. It is able to quickly kill fish or cause them various diseases. Ammonia occurs as a result of the decomposition of organic waste, which is produced during the life of aquarium
My fish tank is cloudy
Cloudy water in the aquarium reasons
Why is there cloudy water in the aquarium? Often, inexperienced breeders are interested in this, faced with a similar phenomenon for the first time.
Causes of cloudy aquarium water
This is one of the most popular aquarium questions. Therefore, we are not allowed to bypass this problem.
Ozone poisoning treatment
Reasons
Ozone (Oz) consists of three oxygen atoms and is also a strong oxidizing agent. It is also used to disinfect water. As a result of the rapid and complete decomposition of ozone (Oz) to oxygen (O2) on the way from the waterworks to our apartments, ozone is no longer present in our drinking water.
Symptoms of chlorine poisoning in fish
Reasons
At many pumping and water supply stations, chlorine is added to drinking water as a disinfectant. Chlorine can be added to water in various forms: either as elemental chlorine gas, as chlorine dioxide, or as hypochlorous acid (an aqueous solution of chlorine gas). The disinfecting effect is based on a series of reactions of chlorine or chlorine dioxide readily soluble in it. Two different chlorine compounds are formed: hydrochloric acid (HCl) with a low oxidation state of chlorine and hypochlorous acid (HCl) with a high oxidation state of chlorine.
Hydrogen sulfide poisoning symptoms in fish
Causes
When the fish are over-fed at the bottom of the aquarium, the anaerobic environment is formed from the remains of food, detritus, and feces, in which nitrates are converted to nitrogen. But what happens if, as a result of anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds, nitrates will no longer remain?
Fin rot causes
The causative agent of fin rot is the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens. It lives in natural reservoirs and enters the home tank through food, soil, decor, or from new fish from the store that has not passed quarantine.
“Shock” and “Stress” in aquarium fish
Shock and stress is the physiological response of fish to adverse stimuli (e.g. inappropriate environmental factors). Among aquarists, shock and stress are usually seen as a short-term and long-term reaction, although shock can be perceived as an extremely acute form of stress.
Aquarium clear water
Both professionals and novice aquarists may encounter such a phenomenon as a change in the shade of the water in the aquarium and its clouding. There are many reasons why this happened, but not all of them are actually dangerous. Why does the water in the aquarium sometimes get cloudy and how to deal with this phenomenon?