Advisable and Effective Nitrification Process

I wont go all scientific with you, no scientific terms aside from Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate..this is just a simple explanation of what happens in all of our established tanks..things you might know already..just a recap for newbies and old fishkeepers alike.

Ammonia, Nitrites - in our cycled tanks we should have zero (0) of these two. 

Nitrates - not so harmful in short term exposure to our fish. This can be taken out through waterchanges..or with a denitrator..or with an algae scrubber.. I'd still stick with the almighty waterchanges though 

It doesnt mean that if you tank is crystal clear it is "clean", to tell you the truth most of the time its not. Why? because there are many other factors needed to be obtained to be able to say that our tank is in pristine condition. First off, ammonia.. Fish give out ammonia when they breathe, eat, urinate..etc. what do we do with ammonia? We let our beneficial bacterias (BB's) process it..they consume it..they eat it..yummy.. we also get Nitrites in our tank, what do we do? we dont do anything, we let our friendly BB's do the dirty work yet again..oh yea, these kind of BB's are from a different tribe but hey they consume our Nitrites...Is our tank safe now? You can say that but we still have our Nitrates, do we let our BB's get rid of em?NO! this time do your share,,, do a waterchange..please. 

Simple huh? This is the Nitrification process..Bow.

Oh yea, another note. When you see your fish behaving oddly or acting out of the usual, remember this. Check your water parameters.. and you might find your answer.

Guys. Please feel free to add more info..correct me if Im wrong or whatever but for what its worth I hope this helps..

Note: The more medias you have in your filters the better..meaning, theres more room (surface area) for our friendly beneficial bacterias to grow and thrive..the more they are (BB's), the more Ammonia, Nitrite and some Nitrate they can process..meaning, you have more room for error..its safer to "overfilter" than to "underfilter" and "sakto-filter".