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Water Quality for your Aquarium: A Beginner's Guide

Sep 09, 202149 minSeason 1Ep. 10
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Episode description

Your fish literally live and die by the water quality in their aquarium, so what do you need to monitor? In this Episode of the Aquarium Insider Podcast, I go over what parameters you need to monitor and how to deal with them if they are off. TIMECODES BELOW:
0:00 Intro
1:05 - Why is it important
2:42 – Why does it matter to you?
4:02 – Two things to mention that are SUPER IMPORTANT
6:08 – The most important factor you can’t test for: OXYGEN!
10:45 – How to deal with low oxygen levels
14:51 – Heaters! Why do we need them?
19:02 – How to prevent thermal stress
20:22 – What is ammonia?
26:50 – Nitrite: What is it?
31:26 – The least toxic: Nitrate!
33:15 – What is ph and what matters?
41:25 – What in the world is Kh?
44:39 – What is Gh?


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My name is Dan and I have been a fish farmer pretty much all my life. From raising fish to importing them and everything in between. I hope to bring fun and help as many people as I can in their fish keeping journeys!

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