OMG this is so wrong
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lmao so i see. Anyway its magic, it was a soft launch of a product that allows you to keep fresh water and saltwater fish in the same aquarium.
Should be able to see the pic by now lol.
I find the whole concept somewhat disturbing myself.
The link goes to a magazine forum website for those who want to know.
Should be able to see the pic by now lol.
I find the whole concept somewhat disturbing myself.
The link goes to a magazine forum website for those who want to know.
I'm curious if any species fresh or salt will breed in that type of setup- if the eggs would be fertile? Can young fry survive that stuff? Inverts?
Would we get strange new hybrids between fish- such as puffers or angels that have fresh and salt water variants- or are they too seperated?
I'm not too disturbed about the fresh and salt in same tank concept- it's not much different than Asian and African fish in the same tank really. Or Lake and River fish in the same tank.
The only concern to me would be the health of the fish... and how many might have died in trying to perfect this product. Naturally it opens "Salt Water" creatures up to "the rest of us". Which can be good or bad- depending on which of us it goes to.
Regardless of how much it costs to make- I suspect, at first at least, this stuff is going to be cost prohibitive... do you have to buy ready-mixed water or add some powder in?
What nitrifying bacteria exist? How does it cycle? Many questions...
Would we get strange new hybrids between fish- such as puffers or angels that have fresh and salt water variants- or are they too seperated?
I'm not too disturbed about the fresh and salt in same tank concept- it's not much different than Asian and African fish in the same tank really. Or Lake and River fish in the same tank.
The only concern to me would be the health of the fish... and how many might have died in trying to perfect this product. Naturally it opens "Salt Water" creatures up to "the rest of us". Which can be good or bad- depending on which of us it goes to.
Regardless of how much it costs to make- I suspect, at first at least, this stuff is going to be cost prohibitive... do you have to buy ready-mixed water or add some powder in?
What nitrifying bacteria exist? How does it cycle? Many questions...
i dont see inexperienced people doing this due to the cost of the equipment needed to change the air structure and I dont see bowls being an effective receptical for said technology
I really think just from the whole playing god side this is a bad idea
I really think just from the whole playing god side this is a bad idea
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its not really technology though, i see nothing on that tank showing it as more than a freshwater tank with marine fish. Its all chemical
some of the arguments against this idea, is the cross introduction of pathogens/ disease/ paracites that would not normally be prescent in one environment or the other. The ability of a disaster causing the possible introdution of fw species into the oceans etc... we have see what happened when lionfish got into the wrong eco system... i can just imagine millions of guppies and goldfish in the oceans
So I'll be able to go to the beach and tap on the sand and millions of guppies will come swimming up to me asking to be fed?
At least Goldfish are carp and carp make a good food supply... we can ease up on overfishing on cod! Just get goldfish out the ocean!
Seriously, parasites and diseases crossing over I can see being a possibility- could be a disaster if diseased seafish with a freshwater disease- a bacterium of virus that has evolved to infect a salt water species in an aquarium like this.
Fish, and highler level organisms evolve at a much slower pace- and there would be no evolutionary force pushing them to evolve to be salt-water compatible- it would just be genetic drift were one to mutate to survive salt water conditions from living in these tanks. It would be highly unlikely.
I think the disease angle is the biggest threat- as with every scenario though... tank specimens should never be released into the wild.
Important to note - many rivers all around the world today are carrying freshwater into salt- and the varying degrees of salinity that exist at the mouths of these rivers. It's not like fresh water and salt water is hard and fast- magically divided in the real world. The has been for billions of years a medium shared between the two.
A dolphin could catch a fish in the ocean and then swim up river to freshwater. These ecosystems already have some minimal contact.
they should not be released into the wild we all know that, but the thing is with tsunamis etc. hitting left right and centre whats to stop an accident.
plus we all know there are some idiots that would do it, quite often you hear about things being found in places they should not be.
plus we all know there are some idiots that would do it, quite often you hear about things being found in places they should not be.
