The principles of aeration in the aquarium are as follows: breathing oxygen, the fish secrete carbon dioxide, which in turn is used as a result of photosynthesis by aquarium plants , and they again release oxygen. The aeration process helps improve the gas exchange regime, saturates the water with the necessary oxygen rate.
Since the process of photosynthesis can only take place in natural daylight, at night in the aquarium water there comes a time when excess carbon dioxide prevails and there is a lack of oxygen. To avoid illness or death of living organisms, it is necessary to install a compressor in the aquarium.
To ensure a stable gas exchange and thermal regime, aeration of water must be carried out in the aquarium around the clock. Periodic short-term pumping of oxygen into the aquarium can even be harmful to fish and plants, causing sudden fluctuations in the amount of air supplied, disturbs the habitual balance and affects the vital activity of living organisms.
Installing a compressor in an aquarium
Correctly selected number of fish and plants in the aquarium contribute to the sufficient production of oxygen and the wonderful growth and development of living organisms. If the aquarium is dominated by the number of fish, then it is necessary to install a compressor for aeration of the aquarium.
Aeration of water in the aquarium is the purging of the water column with air coming from the compressor. This procedure is vital for keeping living organisms in the aquarium, especially if their number is large enough.
Aeration with the help of a compressor is also necessary because it helps to mix water layers, in which lower, colder layers rise to the top and displace the upper ones, which have a higher temperature. Thus, the temperature regime is equalized throughout the water column. In addition, water, circulating, imitates the necessary conditions in which certain species of aquarium fish are accustomed to live.
Aeration contains a few more useful points: it destroys the film, which often appears on the surface and interferes with the normal process of gas exchange, and also helps prevent the decay and accumulation of organic residues that appear in the life process of the inhabitants of the aquarium.