Re: Field report for Aquarama 2009
I don't know if it works for shrimps, I've never tried that before back then when I was keeping some shrimps but I believe the concept might not be exactly the same.
Take for example bull sharks, which is a marine animal capable of moving into inland freshwater rivers. This is because they have a special adaption which their kidneys function and a rectal gland near their tail which excretes salt when required, acting just like a valve. Also, they have very tiny sensors on their skin which constantly monitor the salt level in the surrounding water.
This is impossible for other marine fishes or even marine shrimps because if you subject them to a freshwater condition, their body will start to absorb water, mainly through the fine membranes of the gills in fishes, their kidneys will work really hard to pump that water out but it's not going to work. In the end, their cells will simply burst.
Currently keeping large predatory fish 🐟
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