It is in balance between input and output.
Sincerely Lasse
Sincerely Lasse
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Ammonia degassing would be an easy experiment to perform. Just put some saltwater in a bucket and a skimmer. Dump some ammonia in and see if its gone in a few hours.
Yes but pH need to be over 8 and temperature over 25 I do not think it will take some more time that just two hours. The way of working is like this. Start with 1 ppm NH3/NH4 - pH 8 - 25 degree C. -> around 5 % NH3 -> 0.05 ppm. After degassing all that (it happens in a linear mode but I take in step just to explain it better) - you have 0.95 ppm NH3/NH4 left in the water. 5 % will be NH3 -> 0.0475 ppm. Degassing - it is 0.9025 ppm NH3/NH4 -> 5 % of this is 0.045125 ppm Degassing this - 0.857375 ppm left - ans so on. If the pH was 8,5 instead - 15 % will be NH3 at the same temperature. The figures will be 1 ppm - 0,15 ppm NH3 -> 0.85 ppm - 0.1275 ppm NH3 -> 0.7225 ppm and so further. My aquarium have a pH around 8.2 and a temperature at 26 degree C. I normally count with 10 % NH3.
Sincerely Lasse
It is correct but that is a total other discussion. I try to concentrate on the gas exchange because the question was about that. I´m not complete sure that the NH3 you smell is only from the decomposition. Let us discuss the degassing of NH3 first.
Sincerely Lasse
You can put a tablespoon of kalwasser in there that will destroy almost anything.