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High nitrate usually means the filter is doing a great job but you are not doing enough water changes. My advice is to make sure you do at least a 50% water change every week.
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Can there be too little nitrate in an aquarium?
I would be more worried of the opposite ie. too much nitrate. To the best of my knowledge it would be very hard to get too little nitrate in an Aquarium although by using Reverse Osmosis or Distillation one could possibly make the water incapable of sustaining life.
How can you tell if an aquarium has a fuctioning nitrate cycle?
You use a test kit and test for Nitrate/Nitrite/Ammonia. If you have either of the last two the cycle is not coping.
What is a balanced aquarium?
A balanced aquarium in an aquarium that contains a full ecosystem. In a balanced aquarium fish will produce waste. This waste will be decomposed by snails, bottom feeders and bacteria, generally into ammonia. The ammonia is converted by two different strains of bacteria into nitrite then nitrate. Nitrate is then consumed by the plants in the tank. If all of the waste can be converted into nitrate, and all of the nitrate can be consumed by the plant matter in the tank, the tank is in balance. The balanced aquarium could be taken one step further to have the fish in the tank consume only the plant matter that grows in the tank. This will generally require a large size tank for the number of fish present, because it takes a large number of plants to flourish and also be consumed.
What is balance aquarium?
A balanced aquarium in an aquarium that contains a full ecosystem. In a balanced aquarium fish will produce waste. This waste will be decomposed by snails, bottom feeders and bacteria, generally into ammonia. The ammonia is converted by two different strains of bacteria into nitrite then nitrate. Nitrate is then consumed by the plants in the tank. If all of the waste can be converted into nitrate, and all of the nitrate can be consumed by the plant matter in the tank, the tank is in balance. The balanced aquarium could be taken one step further to have the fish in the tank consume only the plant matter that grows in the tank. This will generally require a large size tank for the number of fish present, because it takes a large number of plants to flourish and also be consumed.
Why would you want to use aquarium water to water your plants?
Aquarium water is generally more rich in nutrients such as phosphate and nitrate than tap water, and these serve as food for your plants. Basically aquarium water acts as a mild, natural plant fertilizer
Why is Arizona water unhealthy?
Because it contains high amount of sodium nitrate.
What is the precipitate formed from Silver Nitrate and Lead Nitrate?
Silver nitrate and lead nitrate do not react, so there would be no precipitate.
Do you need to change the water in a fish pond?
Water pump does nothing for the aquarium. Aquarium filter on the other hand, does biological filtration for the tank. You need to understand the natural behind having a filter in the tank. It is for nitrogen cycle. Fish produce ammonia as waste, and some beneficial bacteria feed on ammonia will colonize the filter media. They convert ammonia into nitrite, then convert nitrite into nitrate. Ammonia and nitrite are both toxic. Nitrate is relatively harmless at low concentration, yet it can crash the PH and lower fish immune system if the concentration is too high. For a well maintained aquarium, we do partial water change of 30~50% once a week in order to keep nitrate in check, as well as to restore water buffer and minerals. To understand this better, you need to learn more about aquarium nitrogen cycle.
What does Potassium nitrate do when met with oxygen?
Potassium nitrate itself is a source of oxygen, and it is not flammable by itself. So in oxygen, even in a very high amount of it, nothing would happen. However, if any combustible substance is combined with potassium nitrate and ignited, it would burn.
How do the plants and fish in the aquarium show balance of nature?
They do not "show" balance of nature. What could be happening is, your planted aquarium could be a "balanced aquarium" or be in the process of becomming one. In a 'balanced aquarium' the living creatures (fish etc) produce waste products. These products decay and become poisonous (Ammonia). Without a natural balance of other organisms (Bacteria) the living creatures in the tank would all be poisoned by the ammonia. What happens in a balanced aquarium is. The Waste Products produce Decay which produces (deadly) Ammonia. Aerobic bacteria convert Ammonia into (deadly) NitrIte and then into (harmless) NitrAte. The plants can then use up the NitrAte and in the process of photosynthesis, produce Oxygen, some of which is used up by the fish etc. In todays aquaria most of this 'Ammonia to Nitrate' conversion is carried out in a filter that has been 'cycled'. Cycled simply means that the filters' media have suffucient aerobic bacteria to perform this Ammonia to Nitrate 'conversion'.
Why does calcium nitrate have a high conductivity?
ionic salt
What is the name for SbNO3?
Sb=antimony No3-nitrate so it is antimony nitrate
