DEEP fish

[Plec123]

a single lunar light above the tank or just red light would work.

candy basslets are relatively deep water and they are kept in aquaria. but theyre not nearly as deep as vipers, gulper eels, etc.

 

[nubz]

that wold be intresting...

 

[Satan's Goldfish]

Prize for the first mfker to own a caelocanth then!

(they are quite attractive looking and there's still some light at their depth i think. Can't remember if it's 100feet or 100meters though, think it's the latter)

 

[KYeasting]

There is light at 100', just not much. You lose red light around 60' I believe, and I think blue light is dominant until you lose all light.

 

[BTB0923]

I believe the fish being referred to (gulpers, anglers, lanterfish, etc.) live at depths measured in thousands of feet.

 

[Satan's Goldfish]

I believe the fish being referred to (gulpers, anglers, lanterfish, etc.) live at depths measured in thousands of feet.

Think you're right there, it's definatly black anyways.

I remember seeing on tv a programme about finding the caelocanth and the first one that was fished up and still alive had the bends really bad and died. Would be an intersting monster to own.

As for angler fish...........i think i used to have nightmares about them when i was a kid!

 

[Surfcast2010]

Yeah, those fish are very specilized animals, to keep them alive involve more than one difficult factor, plus how do you plan to aquire them is another question. Regardlessly, it is a good thought, and I've seen publication with public aquarium having deep sea systems for inverts, but not fish.

 

[SimonL]

There are pressurized systems in use at public aqauriums, they look something like a reverse bathysphere, only you look in the portholes instead of out. It is not simply a matter of bringing the fish up slowly, otherwise it would be common. To say that the pressure isn't a problem...well, scientists the world over haven't been able to do it.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0701_040701_oceantrap.html

 

[Death Pony]

There are pressurized systems in use at public aqauriums, they look something like a reverse bathysphere, only you look in the portholes instead of out. It is not simply a matter of bringing the fish up slowly, otherwise it would be common. To say that the pressure isn't a problem...well, scientists the world over haven't been able to do it.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0701_040701_oceantrap.html

I've heard of those before. I think one is in England.

You'd have to capture them in a container that can be pressurized during the ascent. The biggest problem would be water changes. Removing water without losing pressure would be extremely difficult. If one thing went wrong, all of your prized fish would literally explode.

 

[myles]

iv thought about this for years. its interesitng yopu brought it up. i would love to see this done. im sur eits possibly but it would cost a fortune to get the fish. it would be in credibly difficult to catsh them aswell, concidering they find new species eevry time they go down. ud have to ahve a submersable to go and catch them and brign them up and i think it would be darn ahrd to find and acualy catch them and bring them up, but im sure if soemone had the funds they could do it. its sad they dotn do mroe deep expeditions who knows whats down there, they say thev only explored what liek 1% of the ocean? its crazy really.