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Old 21-05-2006, 12:26 PM posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants
Charles
 
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Default Do Plants add oxygen to freshwater aquariums

On Sun, 21 May 2006 19:59:09 +1000, "PJ"
wrote:

I have a fish tank,freshwater. do plants like Elodia and Banana Lillies
convert Ammonia to oxygen please??/ If NOT what plants do???

TIA.. PJ


They convert carbon dioxide to oxygen in the period when it's light,
the other way around when it's dark. They absorb ammonia, turn it
into plant material.