Ammonia Nitrates and nitrites, what do they do?

[jason s.]

We have a fish pond and keep seeing all 3 of these things mentioned. we know ammonia is bad for fish, and that somewhere in there it breaks down into one of the other 2. Anyone have an explanation for the process handy?

 

[ryan]

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[mrV]

Hopefully this will help you to understand it:

Because my homepage is in finnish, so:

ruokaa (ruoka) = food
ammonniakki/ammonium-yhdisteet = ammonium/ammonium-compounds
muut ravinteet = other nutrients
valo = light
aineenvaihdunta = metabolism