CmApEs13 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 hey everyone i saw a thread on this girl putting guppies in her nano i have never heard of this before so im just wondering if you can put guppies in a saltwater tank??? Link to comment
BJK2 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 At my work(lfs) we add feeder guppies to the moray tanks, w/o any acclimation and they will live for weeks until they get eaten. So, yes it is possible. Link to comment
coralbuff Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 It is doable. Years ago Ihelped my daughter do a science project showing adaptation of fishes. We started with fresh water molies and charted adition of sea salt and had the fish to 1.023sg at the end. months later I had hundreds of saltwater molies as they were breading like crazy. I would think you could do the same with swords molies and gupies as they originated from areas where they are often found in areas where fresh water meets the ocean meaning they can thrive in fresh, brackish or even salt water. I aclimated them but I have heard you can just put them in saltwater but I dont know for shure about that part. Coralbuff Link to comment
J86 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I've heard of that too, actully i have seen at a lfs! Link to comment
Joseph14 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 yeah you can just throw them in. I did it so I would have somethig to look at \. at least ntil I found a good LFS. Link to comment
CrypticZone Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 acclimation is better...I have seen some mollies get gill inflamation and die. But yes, it can be done. -Crypt Link to comment
uk reefer Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 anyone herd of fresh water damsels Link to comment
I'm the same guy as reefer9391 Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 no Link to comment
aqua_aaron Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 heres another fish that can adjust to a full saltwater setup... Columbian Shark Link to comment
Primeval Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 why would you want the hassle of saltwater for freshwater fish? Link to comment
Samoyed Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 why can FW fish go SW..but SW cant go FW...???sensitivty? Link to comment
Surfzup2k4 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 why can FW fish go SW..but SW cant go FW...???sensitivty? not all fw fish can Link to comment
mickey85 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Some livebearers such as mollies, guppies and platies live in places where the water can be saline at times, and fresh at others. That is why you see saltwater mollies. You can acclimate them slowly (i.e. over the period of 2-3 days, or even longer) to saltwater, and then back to FW. However, if you were to use a Goodeid (another type of livebearer), or something like neon tetras, etc, you'd just have a lot of dead fish. Link to comment
Llamaguy Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 what is the difference that makes them salt or fresh? I know that saltwater fish have to rid themselves of excess salt, but what keeps them from being able to be fresh water fish? Link to comment
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