Category: Fish

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Sep
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PH in Aquatic Environments Is a Key Element to Success

To keep things really simple; pH is basically just a “test” you run to get a result…

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Sep
2019

The Cycle and Why You Gotta Know It

The Cycle is the natural process in which the fish excrete wastes (fish poop and pee) into…

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Sep
2019

Video: Nitrites, Diagnosis, Toxicity and Control

Nitrites:   BIOSEEDING:

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Sep
2019

Ammonia Toxicity in Aquatic Environments

Where Are Ammonia Levels From? Recall from the “cycle” discussion that Ammonia is the primary waste product…

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Sep
2019

Nitrites: Nitrites’ll Kill Some Fish, There’s a Test

Where do Nitrites Come From? Ammonia is reduced by a bacteria called “Nitrosomonas” into Nitrite. These Nitrites…

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Sep
2019

Nitrates and What You Need To Know. Nitrates KILL Fish.

Nitrate in Aquatic Animal Health When the cycle nears completion, you know that the Ammonia has been…

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Sep
2019

Why Carbon Dioxide is a “Thing” in Fish Medicine and Their Fishy World

Carbon Dioxide Impact on Koi Fish Health via PH Carbon dioxide is produced by most life forms…

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Sep
2019

Hydrogen Sulfide Gas is a Rare Problem But It Kills When It’s Present.

Hydrogen Sulfide is not a common problem in fish ponds, as far as we know. (It *is*…

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Sep
2019

Flooming, Sponge Filters, BioFilm and Osmosis Defined.

*Air Stones* – Retailers sell electronic pumps which force air through tubing into a porous stone. The…

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Sep
2019

Why Culturing The Outside of the Koi is Poor Diagnostically

Bacterial cultures taken from the outside of the fish, or directly from the ulcer can be badly…

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Sep
2019

Can You Get a Bacterial Infection From Swimming With Koi?

Can You Get an Infection From Swimming with Fish? Bacterial infections from swimming with fish Aeromonas, Pseudomonas,…