Aquarium water becomes dangerous to fish when it is over-saturated, due to nitrogen cycle in the water. In this short editorial, they shall look at the causes & the simple way out to limit continuous death of aquarium fish.
As they are all aware, atmospheric air is made up of about 23 percent oxygen & 76 percent Nitrogen together with host of other gases in minute quantities. It follows that when they put on the airflow method of our aquarium, the air pumped in contains a tiny oxygen & lots of nitrogen.
This atmospheric nitrogen can deadly to fish when the water is over-saturated (over 100 percent) saturation with this gas.
Research has shown that nitrogen embolism otherwise known as NITROGEN GAS BUBBLE DISEASE can occur with 103-118 percent nitrogen saturation & cause lots of fish casualties.
This condition can affect an aquarium fish when is replacing the elderly aquarium water with slightly warm freshwater. The infection is characterized by the presence of tiny bubbles of nitrogen beneath the skin in the fins, tail or mouth, behind the eyes, & in the blood vessels.
One can prevent the disease by aerating the water to be introduced for some time in order to clear the excess nitrogen. Affected fish would be placed in a tiny bucket of water in to, which has been passed an airstone tool to properly aerate the water. The fishes are bound to recover spontaneously if the aquarist takes an immediate remedial action.
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