In the nitrogen cycle, the animals eat food and then have waste which turns into ammonia and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is absorbed by plants as a part of photosynthesis. Nitrosomonas then turn the ammonia into the by product nitrites, which nitrobacter then turn into the by product nitrates. Nitrate is absorbed by the plants and also water change. It is not possible to have a functioning ecosystem without one of these components because the levels would become to high and nitrates and nitrite are toxic to fish.
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