2006-12-06 13:46:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Depends on the fish. A relatively delicate would fish would suffer right away and die within a few hours. A more hardy fish might detiorate over several days to a week.
Many brackish fish like mollies and swordtails can tolerate and live in salt water if they are properly acclimated to it, but most fish would die within a few days. They cannot regulate their osmotic pressure and the water in their bodies would literally be sucked out of them. That, accumulated with the pain of being in salt water, would kill the fish quickly.
2006-12-06 13:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In other words, don't try it. There is a reason why there are some freshwater fish, and saltwater fish ;)
2006-12-06 23:20:20 · answer #2 · answered by Flames Fan 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A very very short time
2006-12-06 21:49:23 · answer #3 · answered by dreamlesssweetheart 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋