JBL TV #7: Why do fish die in high nitrite levels and what can be done about it?

How does the nitrogen cycle in the aquarium work? Why do nitrite values get too high and how can the value be reduced? Why adding salt is useless. The effect of medication and filter cleaning on beneficial cleansing bacteria. Maintenance needed to get your ideal aquarium water. Biologist Heiko Blessin explains clearly and comprehensibly why nitrite is so dangerous for aquarium fish and what we can do about it. The issue of nitrite poisoning in aquariums has never been explained in a simpler and more understandable way!

Deutsche Version: https://youtu.be/NbCxlq2Jsh0 (JBL TV #7: Warum sterben Fische bei hohen Nitritwerten und was kann man dagegen tun?)

English Version: https://youtu.be/Ql2RkqJBLSc (JBL TV #7: Why do fish die in high nitrite levels and what can be done about it?)

Version française: https://youtu.be/igF5OlYFCgE (JBL TV #7 : Pourquoi les taux de nitrites élevés font-ils mourir les poissons et comment y remédier ?)

Additional information on nitrite and the problems it causes can be found in the JBL Aquarium Themeworld at Reducing problematic water values and at Water values .

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