Is it ok if you just put salt in a fresh water to make it a salt water and to be placed with a saltwater fish?

Question

Is it ok if you just put salt in a fresh water to make it a salt water and to be placed with a saltwater fish?

Answer 1

You need to add chemicals to kill the chlorine amonia and any nitrates it may have but it is good to use after the chemicals are in there

Answer 2

-Saltwater holds less oxygen than than freshwater. You need to increase gaseious exchange.

-Saltwater animals are less tolerant of poor water quality. You need increased filtration.

-Saltwater animals generally require a higher pH than most freshwater animals. You need to buffer the system.

Answer 3

No its not the same.  

Answer 4

No, marine tanks need a lot more than salt to keep salt water fish alive.  There is a whole ecosystem to think about in a saltwater tank.  They need live rock, sand, protein skimmers, different filtration, etc, etc.

Answer 5

Didn't you just ask this? As long as the salt is synthetic sea salt, yes.  

Answer 6

NO NO NO!!!!!!!! lol its not the same thing! lol

love u g*y friend ~ chris~

Answer 7

No!

its so not the same....

Answer 8

No, there's a lot more to it than that.