Coverting saltwater fish to fresh water fish
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Damn no! People have been mislead. I was asking about this and how to do it. If I were to which I might this summer I would not go for a nurse shark, I'll never be able to house one. I was useing that as an example b/c I've heard and seen them in FW before.
snow;4119571; said:
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its called get a job kid and have a real shark tank. Your going to kill a fish's life span to meet your needs of entertainment of having a shark.... slowly torturing an animal to death...
hmm, let just say that it is not possible, as for the species of sharks or any other saltwater fishes which could live in the river water/brackish water/freshwater, of course they've been through some times of adaptation to the new environment or perhaps some sort of evolutions through out decades,
that just what I think.
that just what I think.
1. It's flat out unethical ( read animal abuse)
2. If you mean "shorten" it's life span by it only surviveing a few monthes at best, then yes your correct.
3. Whats been stated, SW fish do not adapt well to FW not only a lil' bit.. but not at all. 99% of "converted fish" die before even hitting the LFS' tank let alone survive much longer then it being sold.
4. There are species that are brackish, FW, SW and move threw these stages threw their life-span. But that does not mean you can keep one "permenently" in whatever water you feel like. Salmon and G. Tile eels are both very good examples of these types of fish. and because of these stages.. are even harder in general then your
average fish to keep.
So to answer your question simply, You can't do it. You can try, but you will fail. You may get lucky and get the fish to live threw the process. But SW fish are built for the SG (Specific Gravity) of SW and FW fish are built to live in the SG of FW... not to mention the plethora of other things that are very different.
2. If you mean "shorten" it's life span by it only surviveing a few monthes at best, then yes your correct.
3. Whats been stated, SW fish do not adapt well to FW not only a lil' bit.. but not at all. 99% of "converted fish" die before even hitting the LFS' tank let alone survive much longer then it being sold.
4. There are species that are brackish, FW, SW and move threw these stages threw their life-span. But that does not mean you can keep one "permenently" in whatever water you feel like. Salmon and G. Tile eels are both very good examples of these types of fish. and because of these stages.. are even harder in general then your
average fish to keep.
So to answer your question simply, You can't do it. You can try, but you will fail. You may get lucky and get the fish to live threw the process. But SW fish are built for the SG (Specific Gravity) of SW and FW fish are built to live in the SG of FW... not to mention the plethora of other things that are very different.
I quite like the suggestion of trying it with a bull shark, maybe you should start with one of these I hear they really like to cuddle when you jump into the tank to clean it ;-)
Some lady at the LFS the other day wanted to put a "Nemo" and her goldfish in a bowl together.
Would that have been you?
Would that have been you?
Industrial;4119760; said:Some lady at the LFS the other day wanted to put a "Nemo" and her goldfish in a bowl together.
Would that have been you?
Lmao, i heard you can buy conversion kits on ebay just plug it into your fish and it can live in any salinity!....(sarcasm just in case
)They have converted clownfish to freshwater but idk how they did it, it was some scientists doing it for a research project. There is a video on youtube but I can't find it.
snow;4119571; said:
So look here bud... there are fish that live in Salt Water, fish that live in Fresh Water, and fish that can, and will at vartious stages in their lives, travel between both. The goal of the serious (and, um, ethical) aquarist is to duplicate that environment as best as possible. Now certainly you can keep a saltwater fish in freshwater the same way you can keep a horse in your attic, but in the immortal words of Chris Rock, "just because you can do it doesn't mean it's to be done."
It's careless, irresponsible scumbags like you that ruin the hobby for everyone else. Next time a politician is trying to convince an otherwise unknowing public that I can't keep Sharks, all he has to do is point out all the morons keeping nurse sharks in 10 gallon fresh water tanks.
