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How does the fish get its oxygen and how does carbon dioxide is removed?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 11/9/2022

The water that the fish swims in passes over the gills - these work like our own lungs - taking in oxygen, and expelling carbon dioxide.

This is why you need to change the water in the tank on a regular basis - because the level of carbon dioxide increases daily.

Wiki User

∙ 14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Do fish supply oxygen to snails?

no, Fish like all animals breathe in Oxygen and out Carbon Dioxide.

When fish breath there gills exchange oxygen and what?

Carbon Dioxide

When fish breathe their gills exchange oxygen and .?

carbon dioxide

Do fish take in carbon dioxide by using their gills?

No, they take in oxygen.

What does a fish breaths?

A fish takes in Oxygen and passes out Carbon dioxide and Ammonia through its gills.

Do fish need carbon dioxide in order to survive?

No, invertebrates do not breathe carbon dioxide. All animals breathe oxygen.

In a fish where does blood absorb oxygen and loose carbon dioxide?

Through the gills.

Where do fish exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen through what?

either gills or stomata

Which gas is taken in when fish respire?

Fish are like humans in the way that they need oxygen. Fish breathe in dissolved oxygen and pass out carbon dioxide.

Do fish use oxygen or carbon dioxide?

Fishes use Oxygen in water. They absorb the absorbed oxygen through their gills.

How do fish breathe in and breathe out?

Yes they do. Its part of the carbon cycle. When plants give off carbon dioxide, animals breath it in, when they die, scavengers eat them then decomposer breaks the dead carcasses back into the basic materials.

What is the body part of a fish that remove oxygen from water and carbon dioxide from blood?

GILLS!!