i have a paper to write about how chemistry relates to the outside world, so i decided to write about fish tanks. i want to write bout oxygen levels, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, etc....any ideas? what builds up nitrate and nitrate? what levels are they needed to kept at? what are they measured in? anything else?
perhaps you guys can help me?
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Do it on The Nitrogen Cycle:
fish give off waste products Well you know what i meen
These nitrogenous waste products break down into ammonia (NH3), which is highly toxic to you fish.
In nature, the volume of water per fish is extremely high, and waste products become diluted to low level. In you tank, however, it can take as little as a few hours for ammonia concentrations to reach toxic levels.
The (nitrification cycle)
is the biological process that converts ammonia into other, relatively harmless nitrogen compounds. Fortunately, several species of bacteria do this conversion for us. Some species convert ammonia (NH3) to nitrite (N02-), while others convert nitrite to nitrate (NO3-).
This might help
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=d0114116cd4011d5e6d64fd8fe800100
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=5687af4ee5c611d5ed864fd8fe800100
Good luck
fish give off waste products Well you know what i meen
These nitrogenous waste products break down into ammonia (NH3), which is highly toxic to you fish.
In nature, the volume of water per fish is extremely high, and waste products become diluted to low level. In you tank, however, it can take as little as a few hours for ammonia concentrations to reach toxic levels.
The (nitrification cycle)
is the biological process that converts ammonia into other, relatively harmless nitrogen compounds. Fortunately, several species of bacteria do this conversion for us. Some species convert ammonia (NH3) to nitrite (N02-), while others convert nitrite to nitrate (NO3-).
This might help
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=d0114116cd4011d5e6d64fd8fe800100
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=5687af4ee5c611d5ed864fd8fe800100
Good luck