fresh to salt

[Lifeguard50020042005]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#hey so i was wondering if anyone has ever transfered fresh water sharks to salkt water. I have bought two silver tip sharks and they are fresh water...I used to have one about a year ago that was the same type of shark but salt water...the lfs told me that they were barkitsh(sp??) and could be transfored back and forth...if so anybody have any tips??/#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[dakar]

Many brackish water (1.019ish I believe) can be slowly acclimated to a higher salinity, many different species actually move to inland waters to spawn and back out.

Now whether acclimating over sharks and such is more an ethical question for the animal's well being. But there some smaller sharks that can be kept in captivity in larger tanks.

[mutts]

I have a brackish puffer who doesn

[Lifeguard50020042005]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#well so i take my sharks to their new home....they sat in their little baggies for about 1/2 to get used to the temp...well after about45 minutes they were dead....ahhh what they hek? chemicals all fine....i called the lfs and talked with a different person and that person said that the silver tips were already converted to salt water...i then told him that the other person who i talked to said that they were not ...grrr i hate it when stuff like this happenes....#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[dakar]

You didn;t specifiy that you were going to do this thought it was more a gneral 'can this be done' type question else I'd written this up earlier for you;

Proper accimlimation should follow something like this for dramtaic changes in SG

- check the SG of thier current environment (LFS or wherever) preferably with a rerefractomoter
- setup another hospital/quarentine tank with water mixed to the same SG.
- use the standard drip method accimate your new fish to their new (temp home) a hour or so will normally be find
- slowly raise the SG, daily pull 10% of the water volume out and replace it with your normal salinity water (1.025ish)
- continue this until you reach your normal SG in the display tank, this should take several days at a minimum.

- now coninue to observe the critters in the QT for a few weeks, just as you should quarentine any new arrival.

- after 4-5 weeks if all goes well, drip acclimate the fish to your display to the display tank. again another hour or so, and they should be okay.

This is the method I used for my snowflake moray eels that were being housed in 1.018 water at the LFS.

A decent LFS won't mind you testing their water and stuff before making purchases. Though you'll likely encounter more than a few jerks out there, if so then consider wether they deserve your patronage and hard earned $$$. Sounds like you really got the shaft.