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Do plants remove nitrites or just nitrates?
I know fish and pond waste produces ammonia, then bacteria breaks down
the ammonia into nitrites then other bacteria convert nitrite into the relatively-harmless nitrates. I know plants will absorb the nitrates, but do they also absorb nitrites? I haven't been able to find much on the web mentioning this and I've found some posts saying "yes" and others saying "no". I've noticed my fish hanging out near the bubble fountain which is something they don't normally do. They also don't seem to be swimming around all that much - usually they're just hanging out together. At night I can hear them splashing around out there too. They look healthy because they're plump, have bright colors, and their fins seem intact and not clamped against their bodies. They haven't been too eager to eat though, because I'll throw food in and they ignore it. I assumed this was due to the pond not having much in the way of plant cover and that my fish don't seem to like me all that much - "what did I ever do to them???" My colorcoded water test strip shows that my nitrite level is over 1 which is considered safe, but I did read that long-term exposure to elivated levels can be harmful too. Most of my submerged vegetation either died off in the winter or was eaten by my fish so if more plants will suck in the nitrites I'd like to stock up. I live in central Florida so my daily temps have been in the 80s for a few weeks. Thanks |
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