Fresh Water Damsels?

A Fish Store Not To Far Away From Me Had Damsels In A Fresh Water Tank. I Was Amazed And Was Talking To The Guy About it And He Said That He Was Experimenting And He Said The Damsels Had Been Living For 3 Days So Far.

Has Anyone Ever Heard Of This?

[blackangler]

lol, in my experence i have herd of this acuring in the wild only the the eusturies of south america. but i would not reccomed doing this to any fish. it is in most cases cruel and un-needed. so people please dont start putting salt water fish in fresh tanks!

(i know it sounds stupid, but some novices will acutally do it.)

Good luck to those fish,

William Tyson

Lol, I Thought I Was Crazy When I saw It. This Happens In The Wild?

[jman785]

Funny, never heard of that...maybe I'll do some researching.

- Jared

Yea I Am Going To Research To But Its A Little Cruel If I Did It. Maybe :hmm2:

[Zack]

:eek2: wow hope they do ok!!!!

[blackangler]

yeah

it happens in the estruries of south america where the salt and fresh water meet. i have seen pics of puffers and damsels as far as 30 miles inland. in almost true fresh water.

if you do a search on google for rio de la plata you may find something on it

[aquaticlife]

I wouldn't doubt because in my ichthyology class, the professor spoke of huma triggers going into freshwater!!!! Imagine that!!!! I would love to have a freshwater trigger. Maybe you can acclimate one, but I'd hesitate to try because triggers are costly. By the way, my professor works in Hawaii, and his grad student is a native Hawaiian.

[boxercrab]

well pipefish can live in fresh too there is one called the gulf pipefish that lives in fresh salt and brakish water quitehappily also the bull shark is known to swim way up the missippi river and they are land locked in a lake in south america, yes a fresh water shark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :) 8) :lol: :shock:

[dellrugby]

I caught 7 Seargent Majors at the Texas Coast a couple days ago. I was rushing home ( I am 2 hours away) with them in the back with an aerator, along with about 20 Hairy Blennies I caught.

My wife is 9 months pregnant, so I was going too fast. I had my bucket covered, and bungeed, but when I missed a turn, I had to stop too fast.

I heard my bucket tumble over in the trunk, and I was 1 hour and 50 minutes from home. I quick :shock: ly turned over the bucket and pored the last of my bottled water in. I then drove as fast as I could for 2 minutes while my fish where all sharing about 20 ounces of fresh water. I bought 2 large bottles of drinking water, and made it home as fast as I could.

It has now been 3 days, and the fish are all doing great. I heard somewhere many fish importers do this to kill the parasites before shipping, so maybe a short fresh water bath is a good thing.

[pilotrob]

bull shark is known to swim way up the missippi river and they are land locked in a lake in south america, yes a fresh water shark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


i saw something about that on tv not to long ago. someone in i think illinois getting bitten by a bull shark!

Yeah Bull Sharks are notoriuos for doing this in rivers that empty into the ocean at some point. Its well documented. The one instance documented of a shark that is land locked is in Nicaragua, but have forgotten the name of the lake its in....Brings a whole new meaning to "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water..."

[gman0526]

Lake Managua is the name of the lake and there'sa whole population of bulls living there. Bull sharksare considered to be the most dangerous to humans specially for their ability of swimming in fresh water. Also in Africa they swim up the Nile and the Zambizi Shark is no other than a bull shark swiming upriver.

It would be nice to come home after a fly-fishing trip from your local stream "Hey honey, I don't know what these trouts are eating over there, but look at this one" :D

[enderwigg18]

I fish store not far from me sells mollys that have been acclimate to saltwater. They use them as feed for sargasisms and other predatory fish. They sell them for dirt cheap. Less then if you buy them in freshwater :?

[riggs2k]

hey i heard about a guy putting kitty litter in his tank as substarte.....it was a first .....in fact he's the ONLY one i ever heard of doing this ....my face looked like this = :eek2:

[FishinInTheDark]

I guess kitty litter is good for planted freshwater tanks. It is very nutrient rich, and I don't think it would do well in saltwater. It was interesting to research though!