INTRODUCTION TO LIVE TANK MAINTENANCE

Three most important parameters in live tank maintenance are water, oxygen, and ammonia. Water of course, is the easiest thing to come by. Oxygen can be easily controlled, but the ammonia on the other hand is much more difficult to control. Ammonia to fish is like carbon dioxide to humans. Ammonia is produced from gills and urine from the fish as well as the bacterial break down of their regurgitated food and fecal matter. Ammonia is very toxic s it will dama

ge the gill structure impairing the fish is getting oxygen therefore, the fish will probably die even if released. Ammonia can be control 3 different ways:

1 Mechanical filtering of waster and fecal matter.

2 Biological filtering, where as bacterial grows on the filter media and consumes ammonia this particles are absorbed by this material. This is a slower, but highly effictive process.

3 Chemical filtration is the fastest short term process that ammonia can be chemically removed by the use of carbon or clinoptilolite. Ammonia particles are absorbed by this material.

Akwa-Lung stabilizes system will mechanical remove waste and fecal matter. It also removes ammonia chemically through the use of clinoptilolite. It also is a host for nitrifying bacteria that eat ammonia.

If properly applied, Akwa-Lung stabilizing system becomes 3 in 1.