New_to_fish_world Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Do fish Drink water.? Do fish fart.? Can a fish drown.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 lol im pretty sure its yes to all 3 but not in the same way that we do some one will be able to tell you how just not me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 i would think fish would drink water. dont know about farting but i know that you can drown a fish by pulling them backwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 I know fish drink water as the level in my tank gets lower over time..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 yes to all three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 A few of my Betta have got stuck in moss and drowned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 & if there is no oxygen in the water they will drown. hmm, fart. wouldn't they have to get air to their stomaches to do that? female fish won't fart ever, they don't keep their mouth shut long enough to build up pressure :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Shows how ignorant you are smidey as the females have a special adaptation that allows them to talk and fart at the same time! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 There are no silly questions, just silly people :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 lol bettas can drown as they breath air from outside the water,if they get stuck under the water they drown lol,im sure there would be more fish like that too. :lol: farting :lol: ........watch one swimming and look for bubbles :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_to_fish_world Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 lol bettas can drown as they breath air from outside the water,if they get stuck under the water they drown lol,im sure there would be more fish like that too. :lol: farting :lol: ........watch one swimming and look for bubbles :lol: PMSL. Some of the answers here are good. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I belive if a fish is out of water for a long amount of time out of water then its called drowning correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I belive if a fish is out of water for a long amount of time out of water then its called drowning correct? out of water for a long amount or time out of water????? typo lol???? um dno if thats classed as drowning....maybe hyper intoxication of oxygen lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Shows how ignorant you are smidey as the females have a special adaptation that allows them to talk and fart at the same time! :lol: my partner just said that special adaptation is the fact that we can consume extra air to allow us to talk and fart from the wind whistling through our ears :evil: ............he got a smack :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I belive if a fish is out of water for a long amount of time out of water then its called drowning correct? No. That is just drowning, not suffocation. Drowning is suffocation in a liquid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Lol, I don't know about the farting but marine fish do drink water! Freshwater fish, as far as I'm aware, do not 'drink' water (or they drink very little) but absorb it passively across the gills/skin. Because water moves down the solute gradient through osmosis, it moves in through the gills (and potentially skin of smaller fish) passively (requiring no active mechanisms) to try and balance the concentration of solutes with the external environment. This causes a build-up of fluid inside fw fish which they need to deal with by constantly releasing a dilute urine. Any ions are actively pumped into the body across the gills as needed. Marine fish, on the other hand, live in a hypertonic environment (more solutes dissolved in seawater then their own fluids) Their water is passively exiting the body and so the fish will actively drink water and then actively pump the ions out across its gills in order to compensate for the dehydration. Also marine fish pee very little and it is very concentrated. There is a good pic to illustrate this here http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/41/6541-004-A9497BC0.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Technically the definition of drowning is asphyxiating by getting water in the lungs. Since fish don't have lungs (except lungfish), they cannot 'drown'. But they can definitely suffocate in water either by not being able to reach the surface or not having enough dissolved oxygen in the water. You can argue that Bettas and other 'air breathers' can drown...but they don't have true lungs, only highly vascularized gas bladders called labyrinths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Well said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Technically the definition of drowning is asphyxiating by getting water in the lungs. Since fish don't have lungs (except lungfish), they cannot 'drown'. But they can definitely suffocate in water either by not being able to reach the surface or not having enough dissolved oxygen in the water. You can argue that Bettas and other 'air breathers' can drown...but they don't have true lungs, only highly vascularized gas bladders called labyrinths. im sensing a slight fish addiction there lol :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Hehe Or just 7 years of uni doing a freshwater and marine bio degree and masters...+ lots and lots of money later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Hehe Or just 7 years of uni doing a freshwater and marine bio degree and masters...+ lots and lots of money later Well said. At this point I would hide in case Caryl sees this and requests an article for the AW mag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Well said. At this point I would hide in case Caryl sees this and requests an article for the AW mag... hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Surely I shouldn't have to ask?? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 The fun and excitement of writing an article for the Aquarium World magazine 8) The kudos of seeing your work published And my undying gratitude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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