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03-24-2016 03:12 PM |
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
(Post 1508833)
I was kind of disappointed with the sciencey stuff though. It was awesome, but a lot of the people on here made it seem like the scientific explanations for things would be a lot more textbookish, which I was looking forward to, but it wasn't nearly so in depth.
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In a nutshell, fish waste produces ammonia. Ammonia kills most fish (not that guy, however). Nitrifying bacteria turn ammonia into nitrites (which also kill fish) and nitrates (which don't). But they take a couple weeks to show up, and they need ammonia. Hence that fish. He produces ammonia, the bacteria colonies are established, and bang, after a couple weeks you have a stable environment. |
