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All freshwater animals need to be surrounded by water. They're designed to exploit its buoyancy, its cleansing, its moisture, the food in it, the way it refracts light (if they're sighted creatures), its relatively constant temperature, its resistance to motion (i.e., its viscosity) and the fact that it carries oxygen.
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How do salt water and freshwater fishes maintain their salt balance?
I have freshwater fish and i use aquarium salt. I put more in every time i do a water change
Why don't fish explode in freshwater?
Fish in freshwater have adapted to regulate their body salts to prevent them from taking in too much water and potentially exploding. They have specialized cells in their gills and kidneys to expel excess water and regulate salt levels in their bodies. This allows them to maintain the proper balance of water and salts to survive in freshwater environments.
How does a marine fish maintain water balance?
Terrestrial animals maintain their water balance in a number of ways. These animals can develop the capacity to hold a lot of water in dry situations.
Is a betta fish saltwater or freshwater fish?
Redfish are fresh water
What is Saccus vasculosus?
The saccus vasculosus is a small vascular organ often found in the brain of certain fish species. It plays a role in osmoregulation, helping these fish maintain the proper balance of ions and water in their bodies, especially in freshwater environments.
Do freshwater fish tend to gain or lose water?
Freshwater fish tend to gain water.
What part of a fish that maintain balance?
For most fish, the fins help maintain balance while swimming.
Why is maintaining water balance within the body a different process for freshwater fish than for marine fish?
Freshwater fishes drink very little water and take in little water with their food. Marine fishes must conserve water, and therefore their kidneys excrete little water. To maintain their water balance, marine fishes drink large quantities of seawater, retaining most of the water and excreting the salt.
Are fancy guppies freshwater fish or saltwater fish?
The guppy is a fresh water fish.
Are glo fishfresh water fish or salt water fish?
freshwater.
Why are some fish saltwater fish and others freshwater fish?
Because saltwater fish can only breathe in saltwater (as in the ocean) and freshwater fish can only breathe in freshwater (as in tap water.)
Are piranha's freshwater fish or salt water fish?
Piranhas are freshwater fish, living in the Amazon basin.Actually they are both freshwater and salt.... Mostly freshwater though!
