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Salts are nothing more than Ionic compounds and different kinds of salts are found in a variety of freshwater ecosystems. NaCl is the most common in nature, but other salts occur do to erosion and ground water release. Blue Springs in Florida is an interesting example. The salts that come out of the spring are not NaCl, (and I couldn't tell you specifically they are), but due to there presence they harbor an diverse array of both fresh and marine species. Tarpon, Red drum, snook, flounder, ladyfish and mullet are seen along side plecos, pacus, tilapia, and native freshwater fish like gar, bowfish, bass, and other sunfish. This alone suggests that these fresh and marine fish are osmoregulating with different salts.

Salinity reports measuring the exact compositions of salts can be found in a lot of scientific literature. Perhaps reading up on those, and making your own formula could be beneficial, but like I said most fish have an incredible ability to osmoregulate. That's why tilapia are so invasive. They can survive extreme salinity, low oxygen levels, and have a wide temperate range.


The reason I was asking is because I found a salinity report for some of the water that umbees live in, and Na and cl were the highest concentrations, but there were also amounts of Mg and Ca. It makes sense that they can regulate with different electrolytes, the point I was driving towards is if there is any information out there about whether specific electrolytes make a difference or not. Its been a while since I studied chemistry, but I would guess general concentration would matter more than anion or cation type.
 
It of course doesn't give numbers but it makes me wonder about how much actually comes from gills.

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Yeah i agree. Kind of a moot point since ammonia is ammonia regardless of the source but Im curious nonetheless.

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