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No, not at all. Most fish extract the oxygen that is dissolved in the water, not the oxygen that is bound to hydrogen in the formation of water.
This is one reason that most aquariums have an aerator bubbling away - it is adding oxygen to be dissolved by the water.
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How do you calculate the concentration of oxygen in sample water?
If you want less oxygen breathe it in from the water or get a fish to do it
Why do fish die if chemical fertilizers are mixed with water?
They breathe in the chemical water to get oxygen.
What does algae provide creatures?
For alge eating fish, food. But if you are a normal fish the alge take the oxygen out of the water and fish need oxygen to survive so not very good things for normal fish.
Why are dissolved oxygen levels important when studying aquatic ecosystems?
The metabolism of an organism, whether land based or aquatic, generates useful chemical energy through the oxidation of chemicals such as carbohydrates. This requires oxygen. Land based animals acquire oxygen from the air; fish acquire oxygen from the water. In order for them to be able to do this, they need to have oxygen dissolved in the water. In water that has no dissolved oxygen, fish suffocate.
Can fish breath in Coca Cola?
No. Cola is full of CO2. Fish need to extract oxygen from the water using their gills. There are not enough free oxygen atoms in cola.
How does water weed help fish stay alive?
Water weed takes in the carbon dioxide released by the fish and turns it into oxygen in a process called respiration. The fish in turn breathe in the oxygen and release carbon dioxide, starting the cycle again.
Do tadpoles get oxygen from the air or from the water like fish?
Tadpoles get oxygen from water like fish do.
How do fish absorb oxygen from water?
Fish can absorb water by the gills
What is the main cause of fish kills in rivers polluted by fertilizers?
High nitrate levels in the water cause an increase in algal growth with reduces the amount of oxygen in the water, which in turn cause the fish to die.
Are there animals that really breathe fire?
Fish breathe oxygen, which they extract from the water with their gills.
Does Nemo have oxygen?
Fish get oxygen from the water using their gills
Why can fish survive in the water?
Fish have gills, which allow them to take oxygen out of the water, just as we take oxygen out of the air, to put it simply.
When water passes through the gills of fish the fish get what?
Oxygen
When water passes through the gills of the fish the fish get what?
Oxygen
Do puffer fish need oxygen?
Of course all fish need oxygen even puffer fish....
Fish can extract oxygen from water using what?
Fish have lamellae in their gills. As the water flows through the gills and over the lamellae, the oxygen is extracted from the water.
Why do fish live in pond?
They need water Fish can not process oxygen the same way mammels do. They get their oxygen throu molecules in the water.
