Ammonia Turbid Water

The ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate tests are used to determine if the fish’s environment is safe to live in or if the water is too toxic. Ammonia and nitrite are very toxic while nitrate is mostly harmless. To eliminate these chemicals, adding more bacterial supplement will cause the cycle to continue at a faster rate. These tests also show how the nitrogen cycle is progressing in the tank. As the cycle progresses, ammonia will decrease while nitrite increases. Then nitrite decreases and nitrate increases. Then nitrate decreases and your tank should be balanced.

Somer organisms are better adapted to live in certain temperatures so the water temperature must be monitored. Also, rapid changes in the water temperature can cause problems for the organisms in the tank so the water should be kept at a steady temperature to keep the fish in a stable environment with plenty of oxygen. Lower temperatures are able to retain more oxygen. Our fish can live comfortably from 68-82 degrees fahrenheit.

Turbid water, water with a lot of particles of sediment or organic matter, can make it difficult for organisms to acquire or create energy because it can cloud out the light and, depending on the cause of turbidity, can cause problems with other water properties such as ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. To avoid turbid water, the best solution is to clean your tank and change water often.

Dissolved oxygen is needed by the fish to breathe which, in turn, allows plants to continue to filter water and produce energy. While these properties are important to both the natural environment and a controlled ecosystem, they are taken care of in very different ways. In the natural environment, if there is little human intervention, the aquatic ecosystem will...

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The black molly is a variation of the sailfin molly, or Poecilia latipinna. This fish is small and mostly black with short fins. It also has adapted the ability to live in different salt levels if exposed over time and therefore, can eventually be part of a salt-water or fresh-water tank. This fish displays dimorphism through a pointed anal fin and large dorsal fin on a male and the round pregnancy spot on the female. The black molly bears live young and can give birth to 10-60 young every 60-70 days. If breeding, the fish requires significantly more space in a tank. The fish is omnivorous and should be fed a variety of different foods such as algae flakes, tubifex, brine shrimp and freeze-dried bloodworms. We chose this fish because Jorge wanted to have black fish with our blank sand at the bottom of our tank.