Water Chemistry Testing
As you have likely figured out by now, water chemistry testing is critical to the overall health of your aquarium ecosystem. There is a delicate balance that must be maintained and monitored regularly to make sure your fish stay healthy.
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With your team, decide which water chemistry tests are critical to health of your fish. How often should these tests be performed? How will you keep track of the data? What are the "critical values" for each test - the values above or below which your fish can become sick or even die?
Resources
All About Aquarium Water Testing
Parameters Important to Water Quality - Foster and Smith Aquatics Educational Staff
Water Quality - A document from the Fish in the Classroom Curriculum from The Florida Aquarium.
Mr. Jeff Gibula - Director of Husbandry at the Newport Aquarium
