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  • ...well as to enhance flavors. It is also used in modern American suburbs in water softeners - to which we will return later. It has for some - to me strange ...eparation. The levels of iodide added to table salt are so small that any water-living vertebrate or invertebrate would be pickled in brine well before tox
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  • Fungus propagate via billions of spores which travel through the air and water and settle on all surfaces waiting for a food source to appear and so the f ...ime the animal looks distressed then dilute the salt content by performing water changes)
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  • #performing regular partial water changes, ...s-based biological filters are cleaned by gently rinsing them in used tank water that has been siphoned into a bucket. Undergravel filters are cleaned throu
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  • ...onia (NH3), which is highly toxic to most fishes. In nature, the volume of water per fish is extremely high, and waste products become diluted to low concen ...n a high enough concentrations to stress fish). Consider emergency action (water changes and zeolite clay) to reduce the danger. (A more detailed discussion
    10 KB (1,690 words) - 20:40, 24 July 2012
  • ...ealthy or live their full normal life span. For example, keeping a fish in water that is cooler (or warmer) than its preferred condition forces its body org Increased stress reduces a fish's ability to ward off diseases and heal itself (e.g., if its fins get nicked, or parasites get introduced
    9 KB (1,583 words) - 03:19, 16 December 2020
  • It is brought on by a rapid change of the [[pH]] of the tank water within too short a time. This usually happens because of several conditions ...changes performed when the old water has a large pH difference to the new water.
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  • ...of whatever type(s) of microorganism that finds that surface and adjacent water conditions hospitable. These bugs are not the enemy or in any way unwelcome ...en the two forms, which is determined by the temperature and the pH of the water. There is no simple cut-off, but a gradual curve of the shift in the balanc
    19 KB (3,335 words) - 00:50, 14 February 2011
  • ...them within a week or less. Fish constantly pee toxic [[ammonia]] into the water and this chemical is deadly if not removed somehow or diluted like it is in ...ich is inside it, the filter sucks water in and passes the ammonia ladened water through the sponge.
    22 KB (3,927 words) - 18:15, 18 July 2012