Transforming FW fish to SW fish OR Vice Versa

[Guest]

Do you guys think its possible to slowly, over time, adapt a FW fish to SW or a SW fish to FW? By maybe VERY VERY VERY gradually changing the salinity, would one be able to cause the fish to adapt?

I have a FW female betta that is sitting in a bown and I only have a SW tank. I was wondering if it would be possible to adapt the fish, over a few months to water with a higher salinity. What do you guys think?

 

[Guest]

lol try it but that is kind of cruel

 

[indy]

You can convert mollies and maybe one or two other brackish fish. How long do you think it would take to convert you to breath helium instead of oxygen? Only 1 way to find out...

 

[fishfreek]

A non brakish fish I do not belive will fair well in such a conversion. FW fish do not have the biological process's to dispose of the salt. The way its been described to me in the past is that a FW fish would litrally dehydrate in the saltwater.

 

[Bearfan]

I think you could reasonably time the life expectancy of said betta.