When we aerate an aquarium or a fishpond, we are increasing the surface area of water that contacts atmospheric air, so that oxygen gets dissolved in water for the fish to breathe in using their gills. Along with oxygen, other gases such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide gets dissolved as well.
When I search the web, I read that fish need oxygen and I don't read about the fish needing some carbon dioxide. In fact, what I read about is that the higher the dissolved carbon dioxide level is, the more difficult it is for the fish to release carbon dioxide from its blood to the gills.
But I want to know if there is a certain level of dissolved CO2 in water that would be optimal for fish health. What I seem to be getting is the idea that only dissolved oxygen is needed, and that any amount of dissolved carbon dioxide is not needed.
Does this mean then that I could simply replace the aerator in the pond with an oxygen tank, and be able to provide superior oxygenation to my fish? After all, oxygen is good and carbon dioxide is bad, right? Let's just assume that there are no plants in the aquarium or pond, so that we don't get to talk about the benefit of carbon dioxide to plants, as this will muddy things up.
I'm asking this because steeped already as we are in Peat, we know that carbon dioxide is needed for us to have adequate tissue oxygenation. And we know how the mainstream medical narrative differs from this view. I wonder also if such twisted thinking also applies in other areas of life that is not human, fish particularly.
I am a koi hobbyist, and I take my koi to the local koi shows in Manila once a year. There are two competing koi shows. One using aerators to provide oxygenation, while the other uses pure oxygen from oxygen tanks. When I say aerators, it is just using air to constantly keep the water in the vat filled with adequate dissolved oxygen for the fish.
Which of the two methods is better? Better in terms of not creating unnecessary stress for the koi during the duration of the show, which lasts for about 2 days? Note that koi are already going to be stressed these 2 days. They are fasting, and the vat water would be high in ammonia from their waste excretion. Ammonia is toxic, so water changes are necessary, but the ammonia toxicity levels can only be minimized, but not eliminated during the duration of the koi show.
When I search the web, I read that fish need oxygen and I don't read about the fish needing some carbon dioxide. In fact, what I read about is that the higher the dissolved carbon dioxide level is, the more difficult it is for the fish to release carbon dioxide from its blood to the gills.
But I want to know if there is a certain level of dissolved CO2 in water that would be optimal for fish health. What I seem to be getting is the idea that only dissolved oxygen is needed, and that any amount of dissolved carbon dioxide is not needed.
Does this mean then that I could simply replace the aerator in the pond with an oxygen tank, and be able to provide superior oxygenation to my fish? After all, oxygen is good and carbon dioxide is bad, right? Let's just assume that there are no plants in the aquarium or pond, so that we don't get to talk about the benefit of carbon dioxide to plants, as this will muddy things up.
I'm asking this because steeped already as we are in Peat, we know that carbon dioxide is needed for us to have adequate tissue oxygenation. And we know how the mainstream medical narrative differs from this view. I wonder also if such twisted thinking also applies in other areas of life that is not human, fish particularly.
I am a koi hobbyist, and I take my koi to the local koi shows in Manila once a year. There are two competing koi shows. One using aerators to provide oxygenation, while the other uses pure oxygen from oxygen tanks. When I say aerators, it is just using air to constantly keep the water in the vat filled with adequate dissolved oxygen for the fish.
Which of the two methods is better? Better in terms of not creating unnecessary stress for the koi during the duration of the show, which lasts for about 2 days? Note that koi are already going to be stressed these 2 days. They are fasting, and the vat water would be high in ammonia from their waste excretion. Ammonia is toxic, so water changes are necessary, but the ammonia toxicity levels can only be minimized, but not eliminated during the duration of the koi show.
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