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This is all due to osmosis. If a Saltwater Fish is placed in freshwater, its polar molecules, in this case salt, attracts the other water molecules around the fish, which has no polar molecules, for it is fresh water. The water molecules enter the body so they can hang out with the salt molecules, and enter the fishes cells through the cell membrane, which is semipermeable, which means that only certain molecules, such as water, can pass through it. When the water enters the cells, which are already filled with water, they become hypertonic, and burst, causing the fish to die.
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Why would freshwater fish die in saltwater?
Saltwater is a lot more dense and would crush the freshwater fish internally.
What would happen if you fed your freshwater fish saltwater fish food?
They will die. I did it once and my fish died.
Will your Oscar fish die in saltwater?
Yes. The oscar is a freshwater fish, and cannot tolerate saltwater.
What is a fishes habitat?
It really depends on what fish you're studying. If you put a fish that lives in freshwater into saltwater, it will die. So your answer is, Freshwater Fish live in ponds, lakes, and freshwater rivers. Saltwater Fish live in oceans and seas. I hope this helps.
Do guppies swim in saltwater?
Obviously, since they are fish they will swim but Guppies (Lebistes reticularis) are freshwater fish and will die shortly after being placed in saltwater.
Is salmon a freshwater fish?
I'm not sure what you mean by a freshwater salmon exactly, but the fish commonly called a sea trout is a type of perch and completely unrelated to salmon.
Difference between saltwater and freshwater fish?
Some fish are salt tolerant and live in salt water (the sea) e.g. Tuna, Angelfish, lion fish, Ocean Trout, etc. Some fish are adapted to live in fresh water e.g. Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Talapia, Catfish, Guppies, Mollies etc. Some fish can live in both sea water and fresh water e.g Salmon, eels etc.
Do Blue Tang Fish have to live in Saltwater tanks?
Yes, Blue Tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus), and all tangs, are exclusively marine(saltwater) fish, and will die in Freshwater within an hour.
What will happen if you put saltwater fish in freshwater?
it would die from not being in it's correct habitat :(
Can fish live in the ocean?
No, the vast majority of Freshwater Fish would not be able to deal with the high salinity of ocean water and would die in the ocean. The same with Saltwater Fish, the vast majority would not be able to deal with the low salinity of fresh water and would die in a lake or river.
How is salted fish an example of Osmosis?
Sometime osmosis can be harmful for organism. For example when freshwater and saltwater aquarium fish placed in water of a different salinity than that they are adapted to will die quickly, and in the case of saltwater fish, dramatically.
T or F Goldfish and jelly thrive in saltwater?
Gold fish are fresh water fish and will die in saltwater, but jelly fish are mainly saltwater fish. Yet, there is one species of jellyfish that is in a freshwater lakes , Allegheny River, Ohio River, and the Tennessee River, but it is not a true jellyfish.
