Master CO2 measurement in aquariums. Learn techniques to optimize plant growth and maintain a healthy aquatic environment.
Water parameters
9.5. Aquarium Aeration and Temperature
Warmer aquariumwater has less oxigen, but that is not why fish pant at the surface. They are cold-blooded, their metabolism increases in warm water and they need a lot more oxygen for that!
4.8. Stability isn’t Important
“Stability” isn’t Important: The going mantra is that tropical fish require “stability” and “constancy” of pH and temperature. Supposedly any rapid change over 0.2 pH or 2 degrees F. temperature will “shock”, “stress” and possibly kill the fish. This idea is simply a myth,
4.4.3. Carbon Dioxide and pH in the Aquarium
Carbon Dioxide and pH in the Aquarium: Carbon dioxide is rarely a factor in most fish only aquariums. Where it is slightly important in a fish only aquarium is in the consideration of pH.
4.4. Aquarium pH
Aquarium pH: Most fish have a large tolerance range when it comes to pH. And all fish accept very wide and sudden changes in water pH quite readily.
Aquarium filtration: the Nitrogen cycle
Aquarium filtration explained from waste to nitrates in a few steps: the Nitrogen cycle
The Stuff That Water’s Made Of – Part 1: The Molecule, Temperature, Saltwater, and Osmosis
I hope to put many of the chemical principles behind aquarium keeping into laymen’s terms. For starters: The Stuff That Water’s Made Of: The Molecule, Temperature, Saltwater, and Osmosis.
