Koi fish care - Water parameters.

Water quality is a very significant aspect of Koi Keeping. It is all-important that the perfect water quality is maintained for your Koi to thrive. If a pond is under filtered, the Koi and the other fish will suffer. The four most significant water quality parameters are explained below▪

•Ammonia (NH3)

Humans and other animals usually convert ammonia to carbamoyl phosphate from the enzyme carbamoyl phosphate synthase, and then it is either used or expelled in different ways.But Koi and other fish have a lack of this mechanism, so that they are released directly into the water.

•Nitrite (NO2-)

Nitrite is formed in the second stage of the nitrogen cycle. It is not as toxic as ammonia, but long-term exposure can cause problems.

•Nitrate (NO3)

Nitrate is a by-product of the nitrogen cycle, which is the process by which bacteria transform the toxins produced by Koi into non-harmful substances. The bacterium, Nitrobacter, converts toxic nitrite to nitrate.

•pH

PH is the measurement of active and floating hydrogen ions in water. A pH level of 7 is neutral, a pH level below 7 isPHcidic and a pH level above 7 is alkaline.

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