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2007-02-08 10:27:11 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
It would become very uncomfortable and eventually die. There are some fishes, however, that do well in both salt and fresh water.
2007-02-08 10:33:35 · answer #1 · answered by lulu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would depend on the how concentrated the salt water was. If it were a full-on saltwater marine fish tank, which is 1/2 cup of salt per 1 gallon of water, the freshwater fish could live for about 5 minutes or so. The less and less concentrated the salt, the longer the freshwater fish would live. You can treat freshwater fish with a salt dip when they have a disease, which is 1/2 cup of salt per gallon of water, but this is just a dip. A freshwater fish can only survive this for no more than 5 minutes, or less, depending on the type of fish and how sick it might be. Then there is a low solution salt treatment that you can do for freshwater fish which is a .3% salt solution. This translates to a scant 1 tsp of salt per 1 gallon of water. As long as this measurement is not overdone and too much put in, a freshwater fish can survive this level of salt pretty much forever. Then there is the brackish group of fish, such as mollies, gobys and puffers, who need a small amount of salt in their water, also 1 tsp per 1 gallon of water, all the time.
2007-02-08 10:55:44 · answer #2 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They die in less than an hour.
The only time one should place a fresh water fish into salt water fish is for medication reasons or, as was said above, putting mollies in a marine tank.
Salt water is often used to rid fresh water fish of parasites. You don't want to do this unless you are instructed as to how to do it. You may kill the little buggers right along with the parasites.
Kev
2007-02-08 20:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by Hobgoblin Kev 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They die in just a few minutes. Just FYI: if slowly introduced to saltwater, Mollies can be changed from a freshwater fish to a saltwater fish.
2007-02-08 11:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by iluvmyfrenchbulldogs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saltwater makes freshwater fish shrivel up and die, since the salt dries them up.
2007-02-08 12:09:45 · answer #5 · answered by 0000000000000000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their cells get dehydrated because of the osmosis of water out of their low-salt-concentrated cells to the high-salt-concentrated envoronment. Their bodies shut down and they die.
This is not instant, it takes time. They might live hours or days. I wouldnt' know that., i've never done it.
2007-02-08 10:40:10 · answer #6 · answered by lildi_32 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm surprisingly specific that they are in a position to stand up to salt water, c'mon... Oakley makes a number of their solar hues for ballistics too (that's for taking pictures, some adult adult males interior the militia use them too)... so salt water in all probability wont do something to them. in case you elect authentic reassurance, then call and ask Oakley, i'm specific they are going to be waiting to respond to your questions.
2016-11-02 22:30:42 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they go belly up, but mollies can go from freshwater to saltwater
2007-02-08 11:16:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the gills are unable to filter do to the high salt level and will become oxygen deprived and die.
2007-02-08 11:13:59 · answer #9 · answered by Jonathan T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will die. The salt will gradually concentrate in their bodies and kill them
2007-02-08 11:02:03 · answer #10 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋