I think its called acclamation. I've heard rumors it can be done but can't find any info on how to do it. I know absolutely nothing about keeping saltwater fish. I do have a freshwater tank that needs something different. I would like to learn how to take a saltwater fish, namely a blowfish, and add it into my current set-up. Any info even, just a place to find such info would be greatly appreciated.
How to change a fish from salt to freshwater?
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You will end up with a sick and ultimately dead fish. Acclimation is used to get fish ready for a change in salinity but only so much as you want to make the water better match what the fish is supposed to have in the wild. About the only fish that makes the transition easily is a molly.
As for blowfish or puffers, there are fresh water, brackish water and salt water puffers. It would be best to pick the kind that matched the setup you have. Also puffers are horrible when kept with other fish as they tend to eat them
Why not tell a little bit about what your setup is and then people can help you find a decent fish to add that will look great and not upset things.
As for blowfish or puffers, there are fresh water, brackish water and salt water puffers. It would be best to pick the kind that matched the setup you have. Also puffers are horrible when kept with other fish as they tend to eat them
Why not tell a little bit about what your setup is and then people can help you find a decent fish to add that will look great and not upset things.
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Salt water species differ at a cellular level..Saw a post recently that explained it pretty well...You are not going to be able to "convert" a salt species....
If you neeed a second oppinion, I will gladly restate what tkos has already said. And possibly add sacastically that you can't change a fish from salt to anything because it is a fish, and fish are not salt, nor are they pepper. 
Lets see what you have to work with, mabey there is a good FW puffer you could get.
And possibly add sacastically that you can't change a fish from salt to anything because it is a fish, and fish are not salt, nor are they pepper. Lets see what you have to work with, mabey there is a good FW puffer you could get.There are a few salt/brackish species that can be gotten as a fresh-all-its-life specimen - butterfly goby/waspfish, bumblebee grouper are two (the bbg is really exotic...good luck getting one - and they are BIIIG). There are also hogchokers (fla. native mini-flounder, lives in the spring runs), and a couple of species of stingray. And of course the puffers already mentioned.
** BUT REMEMBER **
These are fish that are either like a sw species, or brackish fish that have been kept in freshwater all their life.
butterfly goby/waspfish
bumblebee grouper
** BUT REMEMBER **
These are fish that are either like a sw species, or brackish fish that have been kept in freshwater all their life.
butterfly goby/waspfish
bumblebee grouper
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Thanks for the advice. What I have is just a small 20 gallon tank. White gravel. Two parrot fish, one green and one blue. Both are slow swimming. One run of the mill goldfish who does about 90 mph. Just to bother the other fish. I had a crawfish, until I realise the kill other fish. Learned the hard way. And a few neons. Any advice on what would look good or go well in this setup?
Thanks for the advice. What I have is just a small 20 gallon tank. White gravel. Two parrot fish, one green and one blue. Both are slow swimming. One run of the mill goldfish who does about 90 mph. Just to bother the other fish. I had a crawfish, until I realise the kill other fish. Learned the hard way. And a few neons. Any advice on what would look good or go well in this setup?
Remove(and return) the goldfish IMHO as they are major waste producers. And since it's a 'run of the mill' goldfish instead of somehting exotic, you're not out much. Put some more neons in the tank. We have a 55 that is all neon and it looks cool.sam726 said:
