Question

Which is the plant which is directly absorbing ammonia?

Answer 1

Answer:

Most aquarium plants are those that absorbs ammonia as given

• Pothos
• Amazon Sword
• Hornwort
• Amazon Frogbit
• Java Moss

Explanation:

While ammonium is toxic to inhabitants in the aquarium like fish, it is actually beneficial to the live plants in the aquarium.

• Ammonia provides nitrogen to the plants which is important for plant growth.Nitrogen is also essential for the process of photosynthesis.

• It is a process by which aquarium plants create their own food by converting light energy into chemical energy.

Besides ammonia, plants can also absorb other nitrogen compounds present in your tank viz nitrates and nitrites. But plants prefer ammonia over nitrate and nitrites. This is because when plants consume these nitrogen compounds, first of all, they’ve to convert it into ammonium which is easier to do with ammonia than nitrate and nitrite.