Health, food and farming

Top-mounted aquarium filter in section, and how nitrification works

Aquarium filter in section: it does not remove the poison, it turns it into a weaker one — and the water must meet the mechanical media before the biological

Aquarium filter in section: it does not remove the poison, it turns it into a weaker one — and the water must meet the mechanical media before the biological

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Notes in the source (in Japanese)

ろ過装置は、汚れを消す機械ではない。

ゴミをこし取り(物理)、溶けた毒を弱いものへ変える(生物)装置。水が先に当たるのが物理ろ材、後が生物ろ材 —— 逆だと生物ろ材が目詰まりする。

アンモニア →(ニトロソモナス)→ 亜硝酸 →(ニトロバクター)→ 硝酸。硝酸はろ過では減らない。 水換えか、水草に吸わせるかの 2 つだけ。

Source (YAML)

examples/gallery/217-上部式フィルターの断面.zumen.yaml

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